Automation and Control

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Mira Robotics plans to rent remote-operated laundry robots

    Customers schedule human operators to wash and dry laundry via remote controlled robot.

  • HIMSS19: Cerner leverages AI solutions to combat physician burnout

    The artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled workflow joins a suite of solutions designed to reduce physician burnout, enhance the clinician’s experience and increase productivity.

  • Conference, exhibition, training and certification all part of Automate 2019

    The stated mission of the biannual Automate trade show is to “bring together North America’s broadest range of automation solutions."

  • Team building portrait-drawing robot

    A team from U.K.-based company Engineered Arts is developing a robot that will be capable of drawing portraits.

  • Seco Double Quattromill 14 maximizes low-horsepower machine performance

    The Double Quattromill 14 offers extremely free cutting to lower cutting forces and machine power consumption while it extends tool life.

  • Burn wound care enhanced with digital thermography and predictive algorithm

    A non-invasive digital infrared thermography technique and predictive model improve burn treatment outcomes.

  • Ingersoll Rand to buy Precision Flow for $1.45 billion

    Precision Flow would become part of the company's fluid management business in its industrial segment.

  • UK study predicts AI will overtake 30% of jobs by 2030

    As reports emerge concerning a “robotic revolution” where robots are poised to replace humans in the workplace, a new study lists the jobs at greatest risk of being taken over by robots by 2030.

  • Computer engineer in China builds AI-powered shelter for stray cats

    A computer engineer from Chinese internet company Baidu has built an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered shelter for stray cats.

  • Video: Amphibious robot developed to explore regions underwater drones can’t

    The robot can traverse sand, snow, ice and other solid substrates.

  • Fujifilm exhibits enterprise imaging solutions and artificial intelligence initiative at HIMSS 2019

    The company will showcase enterprise imaging and informatics solutions, including a system specifically for point-of-care ultrasound.

  • Tabula Rasa Healthcare to present at HIMSS19

    The company will debut state-of-the-art SMART on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources specification integration.

  • Purdue researchers adding new feature to firefighting robot design

    Purdue University researchers are improving on existing robotic firefighter designs with a new feature that would eliminate an obstacle present in their current design.

  • Jewett Orthopaedic to present on RCM and patient experience at HIMSS

    New patient access solutions have improved revenue cycle management (RCM) and patient experiences for the company.

  • How shape-changing drones maintain flight stability

    The mechanics underlying the shape changes might seem simple at first glance, with only a few moving joints per drone. But it’s no easy task to accomplish these morphing maneuvers without crashing.

  • Video: Streamline Health to introduce eValuator for outpatient billing at HIMSS19

    The cloud-based automated pre-bill coding analysis technology for outpatient billing includes identifying missing charges.

  • Port Authority offers passengers real-time tracking of taxi, security wait times

    Four airports under the Port Authority umbrella — John F. Kennedy International (JFK), Newark Liberty International (EWR), New York Stewart International (SWF) and LaGuardia (LGA) — now offer passengers real-time updates on taxi and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wait times.

  • Elastomer sheets as shape-shifting actuators

    The shape of a flat sheet of elastomer is changed using actuation that is fast, reversible and controllable by an applied voltage.

  • Robust salinity sensor stands up to marine conditions

    Biofouling-independent salinity sensing is achieved by application of a laser irradiation process to a flexible polyimide substrate.

  • Graphene biosensor breathes new life into lung cancer diagnosis

    The device demonstrated improved detection accuracy for three of the most common lung cancer biomarkers in human breath.

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