The pandemic was a catalyst for growing popular interest in robotics, and for shining a spotlight on the skilled labour shortages.

Overview Using robotics in medical device manufacturing contributes to patient safety and shortens recovery periods.Hospitals and healthcare institutions benefi ...

Medical robots today are pretty dumb, typically acting as extensions of a surgeon's hands rather than taking over for them.

In what's been called "a medical breakthrough on the verge of happening," scientists have built a soft robot with the capacity to carry different types of drugs through the body – in a device ...

Researchers in the UK have designed a new groundbreaking type of social robot that mimics therapy horses and helps people regulate emotions, making a huge step forward in the pursuit of better ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

This week, the Huntsman Cancer Institute became the first and only hospital in the Mountain West to begin having its surgeons use a new type of robot on people with head and neck cancers.