robotics

In studying the effectiveness of telepresence robots in classrooms, a postdoctoral researcher who was homebound herself as a child finds that they can be life-changing

Stroke victims benefit from UCI engineering research

Doctoral candidate Veronica Newhart will meet with state lawmakers to advocate for graduate research such as her own

Oncologists at UC Irvine Medical Center study whether an interactive therapy robot can benefit women receiving chemotherapy.

Visiting the iMove center at UC Irvine’s Gross Hall is like being on the set of a sci-fi movie. Here, the merging of machines and humans — the premise of such futuristic films as “Alien” and “The Terminator” — has become a reality. Inside the lab, at Sue & Bill Gross Hall: A CIRM Institute, patients whose […]

Doctor whose dad was the AMA’s first black president is also a trailblazer – in gynecologic surgery.

Lourdes Medina had a common problem: relentless back pain and sciatica caused by a herniated disk and an unstable spine. The solution, however, was anything but common. At UC Irvine Medical Center, she underwent the first robot-assisted spinal surgery on the West Coast. Within a day of her March 15 operation, the 32-year-old Los Angeles woman was […]

UC Irvine’s innovative Robotic Oncology Center offers minimally invasive treatment in multiple disciplines.