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A Robomedic for the Battlefield
By Jennifer Chu - Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon have engineered a snakelike robotic arm that can monitor health signs and potentially administer treatments. The robot is equipped with sensors and a small camera, which wirelessly relays video to a laptop. A researcher watches the video onscreen and wirelessly controls the robot’s movements with a joystick. The robot can move anywhere along the length of the body, and can lower itself to administer oxygen or monitor a person’s breathing.
Video by Howie Choset/Carnegie Mellon University - Read the Article

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