Gecko Robotics earns M Navy expansion contract

Gecko Robotics earns $5M Navy expansion contract

Listen to this article Gecko Robotics, a developer of vertical climbing robots for asset inspection, announced that it has further expanded its work with the U.S. Navy. The expansion includes a new $5 million ceiling contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries, a shipbuilding company. This is the second time this year that Gecko Robotics has expanded…

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How surgical robotics leader Intuitive Surgical is growing in China

How surgical robotics leader Intuitive Surgical is growing in China

Intuitive Surgical SVP and Asia-Pacific (APAC) GM Glenn Vavoso [Photo courtesy of Intuitive Surgical] China is the second-largest procedure market for Intuitive Surgical‘s da Vinci system and one of the fastest-growing markets for the surgical robotics developer. But China’s been a tough country for medical device manufacturers due to the sales and supply chain challenges…

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Exploring how soft robotics can revolutionize minimally invasive surgery

Exploring how soft robotics can revolutionize minimally invasive surgery

First soft robot for colo-rectal surgery in human cadaver. Credit by: STIFF-FLOP An overview paper published in the journal Science explores artificial intelligence (AI) applications in medical robots, including Professor Kaspar Althoefer’s scientific research unlocking the potential of flexible and adaptable surgical robots to revolutionize surgical procedures. Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) has seen significant…

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Why It’s Crucial To Create Failsafes

Why It’s Crucial To Create Failsafes

Paul Perrone is the Founder/CEO of Perrone Robotics and a pioneer in autonomous vehicles. Expert in AVs, AI and robotics. getty By now, you have likely heard whispers about ChatGPT, are already immersed in it, or are somewhere in between. You may have seen examples of human-entered requests and responses from this class of generative…

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