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This story is from the category Augmenting Organics
Date posted: 28/05/2005 A futuristic world, complete with autonomous household companions, android medics and even robot entertainers, will greet visitors to the Prototype Robot Exhibition in Japan from 9 June, 2005. "This is a chance for researchers to show-off their best work," says Henrik Lund, an expert in modular robotics from the University of Southern Denmark. "You get the feeling that it's quite competitive." A futuristic hospital scene will show different types of medical robot currently under development in Japan. These include EVE, a humanoid bot from Nagoya University that has replica human organs and is designed to help train nurses and doctors. Also from Nagoya University is a microscopic surgical bot called Hyper-Finger that can perform microsurgery within an abdominal cavity and is controlled by a single finger. See the full Story via external site: www.newscientist.com Most recent stories in this category (Augmenting Organics): 03/03/2017: Adjustable Smart Desks join the Internet of Things |
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