Search Tag: robotics
New Navigation System to Guide Robots in Emergency Rooms
2021 14 May
Emergency departments (ED) can be crowded, busy, face-paced spaces manned by healthcare workers (HWC) who are overworked and often under stress. Robots have been used in some clinical settings to help lessen the burden of HCWs, by engaging in non-value added tasks, such as material delivery and patient triage, as well as and providing support to patients... Read more
IntelliSys 2021
2021 02 Sep
IntelliSys 2021 has been moved to a fully virtual conference.. Read more
Technology Can Make Endoscopy Safer
2020 14 Oct
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy globally, yet more than half of cases are diagnosed late because of excess demand for colonoscopy, the current gold standard for screening. However, a combination of new technologies, such as robotics and computer vision, can help in improving the situation, a new study shows. ... Read more
Robotic Surgery Reduces Hospital Stay Length
2020 25 Feb
Meet "Versius", a new robot that performs minimal access surgery (MAS), helping to reduce complications and pain in patients. The new technology debuted in Europe when Western General Hospital in Edinburgh started using the robot to carry out keyhole surgical procedures. Since then, Versius has been performing a range of colorectal surgeries, including... Read more
Doomsday Threat of Automation Taking Jobs Unfounded Says Canadian Government
2020 08 Jan
The Canadian government has said a ‘doomsday’ scenario where automation would make half of Canadian jobs redundant as ‘overstated’. However, top government officials have said that there could be challenges in some parts of the economy following a briefing last summer that, over the next 15 to 20 years, 11% of jobs in Canada could... Read more
9 Tech Trends Taking off in 2020
2019 11 Nov
Technology continues to transform healthcare through increased efficiency in work processes, leading to better delivery of care. For the incoming year, 2020, expect growing applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning aimed at advancing disease risk prediction. Expanding AI use will likely have a ripple effect, such as in genomic... Read more
Doctor Sophia the robot will see you now?
2019 13 May
“As the representative of the incredible capabilities robotics can offer, can you help forward the development and integration of advanced technological beings like yourself to provide point-of-care health services?” “You call yourself a "social robot" and you want to do good for humans. How far do you think you can go to save a human... Read more