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Where is the line between drug-induced enhancement and robotic enhancement?
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It is essential to understand that someone who runs with prosthetics is not analogous to someone who dopes with steroids. Even the implication that we are cheating by wearing a prosthetic is dangerous. The Cheetah legs are in no way an enhancement. T
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Can the HTD 96 be used on robotic workstations?
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The HTD96b has a standard SBS 96-well base that is compatible with most robotic workstations. Many users have successfully automated their assays using a variety of commercial workstations, including those from the following manufacturers Tecan, Hami
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How Do You Make A Robotic Hand?
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This simple robotic hand is easy to make with items that are easy to find. This robotic hand is a one way for you and your children to begin learning about animatronics. You can make this robotic hand in a little more than 1 hour. Step 1 Draw an outl
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How does Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) differ from robotic radiosurgery and the CyberKnife System?
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IMRT, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, is a form of radiation therapy incorporating multi-leaf collimators on standard gantry-based linac delivery systems to better "shape" the radiation beams to the lesion volume. IMRT also utilizes inverse tr
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How many procedures have been performed using the CyberKnife® Robotic Radiosurgery System?
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The CyberKnife System has been used to treat in excess of an estimated 20,000 patients worldwide. Currently more than 50 percent of all CyberKnife procedures in the United States are extracranial.
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How is Saint Francis using robotic surgery?
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Saint Francis is using robotics for procedures in three surgical specialties — heart, gynecology and urology. For years, minimally invasive surgery at Saint Francis has been reducing patients' pain, recovery times and incision lengths. The latest min
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What are the career prospects of robotic engineering?
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Vinay Puppala Robotic engineering aims at producing well-qualified, highly-motivated graduates able to play a leading role in design, control and commissioning of a wide range of intelligent and autonomous engineering products. The degree offers a hi
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Who is in charge of Robotic Engineering?
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ANSWER from Ayanna Howard on 15 October 2002: At NASA-JPL, people work on different robotic projects. There is no one person who is in charge of all the projects. Return to list of questions QUESTION: Is your work area like a work station, private of
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What is robotic combat?
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Robotic combat is sport combining engineering Strategy and driving skill. Two or more radio-controlled robots compete in a Lexan sided arena, attempting to inflict as much damage as they can within the time allowed (usually 3 minutes).
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How many missions were completed by its predecessor on the space shuttles, the Canadarm robotic arm?
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The original Canadarm has completed over 70 missions involving such activities as putting satellites in orbit, recovering spacecraft, transferring loads from the shuttle’s cargo bay, repairing the shuttle itself, and supporting extravehicular scienti
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