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sideways Damon and Choi (with his robot) in robotics……
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robotics rule! |
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6th graders at Swain County Middle School are preparing for State Robotics Competition. |
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The Robotics Institute
Established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. Site includes links to a wide range of specific robots …
Team 1877 - GoldDigger Robotics - About
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Advances in Robotic Partial Nephrectomies and Prostatectomies
http://www.or-live.com/NYP/2106 A traditional laparoscopic approach for procedures within the pelvis is difficult because of the confined space in which the surgeon must work, which makes complex reconstructions and knot tying challenging. That is why the advent of the da Vinci robotic surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.), originally designed for beating-heart surgery, was quickly adopted by urologists. Today, robotic radical prostatectomy is more common than all other prostate surgeries combined. The original da Vinci system was approved by the FDA in 2001; a second-generation system was introduced in 2006. The robot does not work autonomously; the device is a master-slave system that can only do what its surgeon-master tells it to do. The new da Vinci system includes high-definition optics and the capacity to manipulate 3 separate instruments, up from the original 2. “The da Vinci system is a laparoscopic tool,” explained Ketan K. Badani, MD, the Director of the Division of Robotic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. “Instead of using traditional laparoscopic instruments that have 4 degrees of freedom of motion, the robot-assisted instrumentation has all 7 degrees of freedom, just like your hand.” Dr. Badani is an Assistant Professor of Urology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Ashutosh K. Tewari, MD, the Director of the Robotic Prostatectomy Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was equally as enthusiastic about the use of robotics in urology, noting that he performs about 600 robotic prostatectomies each year. “In addition, my associates do partial nephrectomies and radical cystectomies,” he added. “We have a team of people who are very accomplished in different aspects of robotic surgery.” Dr. Tewari is the Ronald P. Lynch Associate Professor of Urologic Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Physicians interested in learning the latest advances in urologic procedures should view this important webcast featuring Drs. Badani and Tewari, both of whom are leaders in the robotic approach to urologic disorders. The advantages to be gained from the precision obtained by use of robotics include well-documented benefits for patients. Dr. Badani and colleagues recently reported robotic radical prostatectomy outcomes data with followup as far out as 5 years (Cancer. 2007;110(9):1951-8), finding that the cancer recurrence rates are as low as they have been historically for open surgery. Quality of life (QoL) measures were also reviewed, and urinary continence rates at just 3 months after surgery were nearly 80%, a figure that continued to trend upward into the high-90s after one year. “Much of this improvement over open surgery is the reconstructive capability that one has when using the robot,” he said. “We have to reconnect the bladder back to the urethra after we remove the prostate. We can get deep into the pelvis and put the stitches in more precisely, and reconnect the supporting structures that improve continence.” Another QoL measure is sexual function, since the nerves that control penile erection wrap around the prostate and are by necessity damaged during prostatectomy. “The goal is to damage the least amount possible,” Dr. Badani said. “And here’s where the power of the robot comes into play, because you have the ability to precisely dissect the tissue under magnified vision and to perform nerve-sparing surgery. Men with less aggressive types of cancer are candidates for this surgery.” In men who had good sexual function before the surgery and who had the enhanced nerve-sparing operation, upwards of 85% are able to have sexual intercourse one year later. Dr. Tewari and colleagues have detailed the neural architecture around the prostate gland, which includes the proximal neurovascular tissue, the neurovascular bundle, and accessory neural pathways. The study of this neural anatomy has led him to devise nerve-sparing methods, including the ‘athermal trizonal nerve-sparing technique of robotic radical prostatectomy’ (BJU Int 2008;101:1-5), whose purpose is to address the divergent goals of cancer control and maintenance of sexual function. “Most people use electrocautery in this surgery, but our surgical methods use small clamps to control bleeders,” Dr. Tewari said. “Our group has found that there is more than one set of nerves that controls sexual function, and we try to save them.” Indeed, Dr. Tewari and colleagues have gone beyond looking at the mechanics of penile erections by presenting findings on postoperative orgasm at the American Urological Association annual meeting. Dr. Tewari has also championed total vesico-urethral reconstruction as a means of returning radical prostatectomy patients to continence earlier than rates found following standard methods (BJU Int 2008;101:871-877). The total reconstruction procedure, which includes both anterior and posterior reconstruction, allowed return to continence at rates much faster (at 24 weeks, 97%) than seen in patients receiving standard anastomoses (62%) or anterior reconstruction (87%). Robotics are also employed in partial nephrectomies, in which the cancerous part of the kidney is excised while the normal part remains in the body. The robotic approach is helpful in partial nephrectomies because the kidney has to be reconstructed, requiring a large amount of knot tying. “The use of robotics is the biggest advancement in this area right now,” Dr. Badani noted. A third robotic urological operation is radical cystectomy, a response to invasive bladder cancer, in which the entire bladder is removed together with surrounding lymph nodes. An orthotopic neobladder or stoma is then created. The da Vinci surgical system performs well in this procedure because of the necessity of working with high precision amid a confined space.
100 Black Men robotics program
A national robotics competition is sparking an interest in science among African-American kids. Soledad O’Brien reports.
Cooper Union Summer Robotics (EE) Internship the Pic Program
Edwards In Affair To Remember
Former Presidential candidate John Edwards spoke with ABC’s “Nightline” last night, and his robotic and disingenuous answers on his sexual affair with Rielle Hunter — would make Bill Clinton blush!
Nathan Stratton’s Homepage
Copyright 1998 - 2005 http://www.robotics.net Nathan Stratton nathan@robotics.net First Created January 23, 1998 Last Modified July 25, 2005
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Short documentary about pharmacy robotics. |
A hotel room, a robotics team, and an IPod
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Classroom footage from Cary Academy Robotics class |
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Branden Ghena, 18, talks with fellow Jefferson High School Tempest Robotics teammates, including Kristyna MacKinnon, 18, (right) as they make alterations to their entry in this year's robotics competition, held for the first time at Monroe High School. Thirty teams from throughout the region converged on the school Friday to set up and practice for Saturday's event. |
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Some Amazing Robotics… MUST SEE |
Titan the Robot: That’s some pretty cool robotics
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So, although the creator of this Cyberstein Robotics likes to not have any confirming information one way or the other, this is indeed a man in a suit, except that the top part of the suit, the head and… more inside |
Robotics bring dinosaurs to life
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Robotically-Assisted Ureteral Reimplantation
http://www.or-live.com/childrenshospitalboston/2493 BOSTON, Massachusetts – On Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 2 p.m. EDT, during a LIVE Webcast, specialists at Children’s Hospital Boston will perform intravesical ureteral reimplantation using robotic-assisted surgery to correct vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in one of its patients. Urologists will also showcase and discuss additional procedures that can be carried out using the minimally invasive, robotic-assisted surgical techniques such as pyeloplasty, continent urinary diversion and bladder augmentation. Each year, Children’s hosts several Webcasts to demonstrate its pioneering care and technology to specialists, physicians and patients around the world, while also educating them on the latest and most innovative medical treatments available at Children’s. The Center for Robotic Surgery at Children’s provides unrivaled expertise in pediatric robotic surgery. Specially-trained surgeons use a state-of-the-art da Vinci ® Surgical System manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) to perform complex and delicate minimally invasive surgery that results in less pain, faster recovery, shorter hospital stays and smaller scars. In 2001, Children’s was the first pediatric hospital to acquire a surgical robot. Today, Children’s is one of the only pediatric hospitals to perform clinical assessments and outcome analysis to ensure the use of the surgical robot is always advantageous to the patient. Sitting at a console in the operating room, a surgeon is able to study crisp, real-time 3-D video images of the operating site while grasping controls in each hand. Each subtle movement of the surgeon’s wrists, hands, and fingers is translated precisely to the tiny surgical instruments inside the patient’s body. “It’s as though my hands are actually inside the patient, yet I’m working through a tiny surgical opening,” says Hiep T. Nguyen, MD, co-director of the Center for Robotic Surgery and director of the Robotic Surgery Research and Training Program Alan B Retik, MD, FAAP, FACS, Surgeon-in-Chief, Urologist-in-Chief and Executive Director of the Advanced Fetal Care Center at Children’s, and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, will lead the LIVE Webcast with commentator Joseph Borer, MD, co-director of the Center for Robotic Surgery, director of the Center for Exstrophy and director of Neurourology, while Dr. Nguyen will perform the operation. The clinical team will answer e-mail questions from viewers during the live broadcast. About vesicoureteral reflux Normally, urine travels from the kidneys to the bladder via the ureters. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) occurs when urine that dwells in the bladder flows back into the ureters and often back into the kidneys. Children with VUR may present before birth as prenatal hydronephrosis (an abnormal widening of the ureter) or with a urinary tract infection. Some may be diagnosed because of a family history, even though they may be without symptoms. Others have VUR secondary to others abnormalities of the urinary tract such as posterior urethral valves, ureterocele and neurogenic bladder. During infancy, primary VUR is more common among boys because there is more pressure in their urinary tract; in early childhood, the abnormality is more common in girls. The concern with vesicoureteral reflux is that it can lead to damage or scarring of the kidneys when the reflux is associated with urinary tract infections. Treatment for VUR is based on the child’s age, overall health, and medical history, the extent of the condition, the child’s tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies, and expectations for the course of the condition. About Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is the global technology leader in robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The Company’s da Vinci® Surgical System offers surgeons superior visualization, enhanced dexterity, greater precision and ergonomic comfort for the optimal performance of MIS. The da Vinci System enables surgeons to perform even complex procedures such as open-heart surgery through 1-2 cm incisions.
Canada stops sale of MDA satellite unit
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, bowing to heavy domestic pressure, said on Thursday it had blocked the $1.325 billion sale of sensitive satellite and robotics technology to U.S. rocket-maker Alliant Techsystems Inc
Robot Wars: Japan vs. S. Korea
June 19, 2008—Four leading Japanese robotic companies have joined forces to outcompete South Korea, which recently announced legislation to develop more robots for common household use.
Canada stops sale of MDS satellite unit to Alliant
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, bowing to heavy domestic pressure, said on Thursday it had blocked the $1.325 billion sale of sensitive satellite and robotics technology to U.S. rocket-maker Alliant Techsystems Inc
MDA says Alliant continues talks with Ottawa
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
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Canada stops sale of MDS satellite unit to Alliant
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, bowing to heavy domestic pressure, said on Thursday it had blocked the $1.325 billion sale of sensitive satellite and robotics technology to U.S. rocket-maker Alliant Techsystems Inc
UAE firm unveils a talking robot
Abu Dhabi - A United Arab Emirates-based company unveiled on Thursday a new robot that can recognize faces, engage in conversation and navigate its way around rooms and offices. Pal Technology Robotics announced that the humanoid robot Reem B, the ne…
Canada blocks sale of satellite firm to Alliant
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, bowing to heavy domestic pressure, said on Thursday it had blocked the $1.325 billion sale of sensitive satellite and robotics technology to U.S. rocket-maker Alliant Techsystems Inc
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Gigapan Technology Capture DC2PGH Ride Pixel by Pixel
The folks at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are lending me the Gigapan System to take panoramic pictures at various scenic spots along the Venture Outdoors 250 Bike Tour from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh. …
Re: [PARTS] OpenAHRMS page
Doesn’t look like much activity on your wiki…. is this project dead or just on hiatus? -Pete. mark gross wrote: > As talked about today at the PARTS meeting. > > The following is the pointer to the mailing list server. …
USB 56k modem problems with Server 2003
Apparently a US Robotics 56k modem solves this problem but I can’t track one down and they usually use a serial connection. Anyone know where I can find a USB US Robotics modem here in SA? Are there any dealerships that sell US Robotics …
Love and Marriage - Robots Designed to Replace Humans in Next Five …
They cannot see that many of them are robots. True to form and a perfect match for the person beside them. Is this the future of happy relationships? Many scientists claim that it is. At first it may seem a bit strange to the average …
Advances in Robotic Partial Nephrectomies and Prostatectomies
http://www.or-live.com/NYP/2106 A traditional laparoscopic approach for procedures within the pelvis is difficult because of the confined space in which the surgeon must work, which makes complex reconstructions and knot tying challenging. That is why the advent of the da Vinci robotic surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.), originally designed for beating-heart surgery, was quickly adopted by urologists. Today, robotic radical prostatectomy is more common than all other prostate surgeries combined. The original da Vinci system was approved by the FDA in 2001; a second-generation system was introduced in 2006. The robot does not work autonomously; the device is a master-slave system that can only do what its surgeon-master tells it to do. The new da Vinci system includes high-definition optics and the capacity to manipulate 3 separate instruments, up from the original 2. “The da Vinci system is a laparoscopic tool,” explained Ketan K. Badani, MD, the Director of the Division of Robotic Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. “Instead of using traditional laparoscopic instruments that have 4 degrees of freedom of motion, the robot-assisted instrumentation has all 7 degrees of freedom, just like your hand.” Dr. Badani is an Assistant Professor of Urology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Ashutosh K. Tewari, MD, the Director of the Robotic Prostatectomy Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, was equally as enthusiastic about the use of robotics in urology, noting that he performs about 600 robotic prostatectomies each year. “In addition, my associates do partial nephrectomies and radical cystectomies,” he added. “We have a team of people who are very accomplished in different aspects of robotic surgery.” Dr. Tewari is the Ronald P. Lynch Associate Professor of Urologic Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Physicians interested in learning the latest advances in urologic procedures should view this important webcast featuring Drs. Badani and Tewari, both of whom are leaders in the robotic approach to urologic disorders. The advantages to be gained from the precision obtained by use of robotics include well-documented benefits for patients. Dr. Badani and colleagues recently reported robotic radical prostatectomy outcomes data with followup as far out as 5 years (Cancer. 2007;110(9):1951-8), finding that the cancer recurrence rates are as low as they have been historically for open surgery. Quality of life (QoL) measures were also reviewed, and urinary continence rates at just 3 months after surgery were nearly 80%, a figure that continued to trend upward into the high-90s after one year. “Much of this improvement over open surgery is the reconstructive capability that one has when using the robot,” he said. “We have to reconnect the bladder back to the urethra after we remove the prostate. We can get deep into the pelvis and put the stitches in more precisely, and reconnect the supporting structures that improve continence.” Another QoL measure is sexual function, since the nerves that control penile erection wrap around the prostate and are by necessity damaged during prostatectomy. “The goal is to damage the least amount possible,” Dr. Badani said. “And here’s where the power of the robot comes into play, because you have the ability to precisely dissect the tissue under magnified vision and to perform nerve-sparing surgery. Men with less aggressive types of cancer are candidates for this surgery.” In men who had good sexual function before the surgery and who had the enhanced nerve-sparing operation, upwards of 85% are able to have sexual intercourse one year later. Dr. Tewari and colleagues have detailed the neural architecture around the prostate gland, which includes the proximal neurovascular tissue, the neurovascular bundle, and accessory neural pathways. The study of this neural anatomy has led him to devise nerve-sparing methods, including the ‘athermal trizonal nerve-sparing technique of robotic radical prostatectomy’ (BJU Int 2008;101:1-5), whose purpose is to address the divergent goals of cancer control and maintenance of sexual function. “Most people use electrocautery in this surgery, but our surgical methods use small clamps to control bleeders,” Dr. Tewari said. “Our group has found that there is more than one set of nerves that controls sexual function, and we try to save them.” Indeed, Dr. Tewari and colleagues have gone beyond looking at the mechanics of penile erections by presenting findings on postoperative orgasm at the American Urological Association annual meeting. Dr. Tewari has also championed total vesico-urethral reconstruction as a means of returning radical prostatectomy patients to continence earlier than rates found following standard methods (BJU Int 2008;101:871-877). The total reconstruction procedure, which includes both anterior and posterior reconstruction, allowed return to continence at rates much faster (at 24 weeks, 97%) than seen in patients receiving standard anastomoses (62%) or anterior reconstruction (87%). Robotics are also employed in partial nephrectomies, in which the cancerous part of the kidney is excised while the normal part remains in the body. The robotic approach is helpful in partial nephrectomies because the kidney has to be reconstructed, requiring a large amount of knot tying. “The use of robotics is the biggest advancement in this area right now,” Dr. Badani noted. A third robotic urological operation is radical cystectomy, a response to invasive bladder cancer, in which the entire bladder is removed together with surrounding lymph nodes. An orthotopic neobladder or stoma is then created. The da Vinci surgical system performs well in this procedure because of the necessity of working with high precision amid a confined space.
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last day in Robotics club T_T |
Spartan Robotics Team 971 2007 Robot
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Data Robotics, Inc. |
YouTube - VEX Robotics Competition
YouTube - VEX Robotics Competition. Recap of the 2008 VEX Robotics Championship.
Robot GRACE is Readied for Robotics Convention
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PITTSBURGH - JULY 15: GRACE, a prototype mobile robot, sits in a lab July 15, 2002 at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. GRACE has wheels and sensors allowing it to move and interact with people. It has been a long-running project for the Robotics Institute and last-minute work is being done before GRACE presented at a robotics convention in Canada. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) |
robotics of truck washing
The Robotics of the future will make it so, very soon. And there is good reason for this as the labor cost increases and the quality of the workforce and work ethic are a critical component of the success of a truck washing business. …
robotics - Definitions from Dictionary.com
Definitions of robotics at Dictionary.com. … 299 Robotics Design Kit Vex kits, sensors and accessories, Same day shipping on orders by 3pm.
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