When he was 13, John Davies noticed he was looking at the ground a lot. His mom, Nicola Davies, thought he just had a posture problem from playing too many video games. She said she spent 16 months ...

In the years to come, robots will help offset worker shortages in health care, manufacturing and other industries, experts ...

A research team led by the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam will investigate using robots to provide emotional support for children with cancer. The robots should be a personal, ...

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan's 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. "Luca, ...

Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan’s 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot. “Luca, ...

Healthcare systems worldwide are struggling with overcrowded hospitals, physician burnout, and rising surgery delays. Which is why it's always a good thing to see research exploring new solutions ...

Ochsner Children's has achieved a major milestone by performing the first robotic-assisted pediatric spine deformity surgery in Louisiana and the Gulf South. This recently completed procedure ...

This guy makes R2D2 look cuddly. A child-sized robot with dreams of being a doctor is working its way up the ranks at a Big Apple vein treatment clinic — and might one day be the one wielding the ...

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of advanced medical devices, including tiny ...

A winter storm is expected to produce heavy snow and ice from the Plains into parts of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, creating difficult travel conditions for tens of millions of people this ...