Robotics and Cancer – An Overview
Do you still think robots are reserved for space missions, manufacturing or movie magic?
Think again.
Each year robotics technology plays a bigger role in the lives of cancer patients and professionals. From furthering scientific research to providing new caregiving options, these versatile machines are being used for a wide variety of medical applications.
To help give you an idea of how robotics technology is changing the face of medicine, here’s a collection of articles from a variety of international sources about medical robots already in operation or currently under development.
Assisting people with disabilities:
Human Think, Robot Do
from DISCOVERmagazine.com
Bringing better healthcare to rural communities:
Telepaediatric Robots
from University of Queensland – Australia
Extending the nursing staff:
The Next New Toyota: A Personal Robot
from TundraHeadquarters.com
Giving scientists a look inside the human body:
Israeli scientists unveil mini-robot that can travel through the bloodstream
from HAARETZ.com
Making rounds when the doctor is away:
Robot makes rounds when doctor can’t get to bedside in Baltimore hospital
from KXMB CBS 12
Remote surgery:
Virtual surgery becoming a reality
from CNN
Sorting medications:
Robotic arms take home top award
from BBC News – Technology
Training physicians:
Medical students train on patient who feels no pain
from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Translation services for patients:
Found in Translation
from Johns Hopkins Medicine
As these articles illustrate, robots aren’t science fiction anymore–they’re in hospitals, laboratories, and in some homes and bodies too. Whether they’re big or small, their presence is definitely having a major impact on all aspects of cancer care. As one software pioneer put it,
“We may be on the verge of a new era, when the PC will get up off the desktop and allow us to see, hear, touch and manipulate objects in places where we are not physically present.”
Source: CancerResearchJournal.com
Related Links: National Geographic News; Scientific American; XPERO.org; CBC News
Related Video:
Related Podcast: Focus on Robotics from Science by AAAS
Tags: bioinformatics; RP-6; emerging technologies; bio-inspired computing; Artificial Intelligence
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