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Munich, Germany — Automatica 2014, the trade fair for Automation and Mechatronics is in its sixth year, and is scheduled for June 3-6, 2014, at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Munich, Germany. An impor- tant feature of the program deals with service robotics, particularly in medicine and nursing. Whether in surgery, nursing and rehabilitation or in logistics and organization of hos- pitals, service robots are being used successfully in an increasing number of areas. With sales of $1.5 billion US in 2012, medical robots today account for 44 percent of the total volume of professional service robotics. Automatica will be providing
professional service robotics with its own platform and presenting the lat- est developments and concrete appli- cations. The technologies involved include movement detection, naviga- tion, learning ability and artificial intelligence, all being unified in today’s robotics. A classic example of this is the surgery robot “da Vinci”, which has recorded numerous tri- umphs in surgeries around the globe. Conventional minimally invasive
surgery has been used for gall bladder and appendix surgeries for quite some time. Now much more complex opera- tions can be carried out safely using the da Vinci robots. “In urology, we can remove complex kidney tumors with less pain and discharge patients earlier,” according to Dr. Ahmed Magheli, Chief Urology Physician at Charite Berlin. “This above all con-
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most important, keep the driver alive. What technology makes a NASCAR car different from the vehicles you see on the highways every day? In a presentation based on her
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services in the New Products Corridor on the show floor. Get a sneak preview of the equipment, materials and services that are breaking new ground in our indus- try. On Tuesday-Wednesday, March 25-26, on the exhibit floor, is the IPC APEX EXPO Hand Soldering Competition. Cash prizes of $500, $250 and $100 will be awarded to the top three finalists at the close of the competition at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, March 26. Then, on Thursday, March 27, is the IPC Hand Soldering World Champion - ship. The winner of the IPC APEX EXPO Hand Soldering Competition will move on to face off with winners from IPC hand soldering competi- tions around the world. The winner of the IPC Hand Soldering Grand Championship will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize. Info:
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cerns radical prostate operations, which require an especially delicate technique.” Now surgeons can com- plete the operations with excellent results a lot faster thanks to da Vinci. “Da Vinci has revolutionized minimal- ly invasive prostate surgery and makes it accessible to the general public.” The robots continually remain
and possibly more precisely than a surgeon’s hand.” KUKA robots are active very
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under control of the doctor during surgery, according to Prof. Gerd Hirzinger, former Director of the Institute for Robotics and Mecha - tronics of the German Centre for Air and Space Travel (DLR) in Oberpfaf - fenhofen. “However, a robot arm can insert a biopsy needle right on target in a brain tumor that is only a few millimeters in size without shaking
close to humans, helping to make diagnoses as well as planning and administering treatment. The robots position patients, conduct concept studies about bone surgery and con- tribute with robot-supported rehabili- tation after strokes to improve the quality of life for people in need of help. “With key technologies in the area of safety, simple operating con- cepts and autonomous navigation, robots are being transformed into clever assistants for people,” Michael Otto, Head of Medical Robotics at KUKA Laboratories GmbH, said, summarizing these developments.
Service robots provide valuable serv- ices in the logistics of today’s hospi- tals such as Niguarda Ca Granda Hospital in Milan, where 32 driver- less transport vehicles circulate, com- pletely autonomously, to bring meals to the wards, pick up laundry, dispose of waste, get drugs from pharmaceu- tical stock management, procure medical accessories and perform ster- ilizations. As a result, the hospital’s 4,100 specialists can use their time for activities that create added value improve patient care. Contact: Munich Trade Fairs,
75 Broad St., 21st Floor, New York, NY 10004 % 646-437-1014 Web:
www.munichtradefairs.com and
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