Breast exams are a good way to potentially catch breast cancer early, and it turns out that robots could be quite good at it. Researchers at the University of Bristol in the UK have designed a ...

If you're ever faced with trying to pick up a grain of rice with a pair of chopsticks, spare a thought for the scientists behind this latest innovation, which has been called "a medical breakthrough ...

A new research paper suggests scientists are working on designing robots that could live on muscle cells like humans, ...

LAS VEGAS – Intelligent logistics robots and social robots are having a transformative impact on healthcare. Health systems across the globe are experiencing workforce shortages, and robotics holds ...

A first-of-its-kind medical robot is helping doctors at Nemours Children's Hospital perform spinal surgeries. Doctors at Nemours said this robot is making surgery faster and more precise, and it means ...

Meet CODI. The robot has a long flexible arm and eyes on one side to mimick a sonographer while they're operating it. CODI could be in rural clinics in Wisconsin next year to help perform patients' ...

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

SALT LAKE CITY — This week, the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City became the first and only hospital in the Mountain West to begin having its surgeons use a new type of robot on people with ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (KRQE) – A hospital in northern New Mexico is deploying a new type of robot to clean and disinfect the medical center; and they said they’re the first in the state to use this ...