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Medical & Assistive Companies
Aethon
Aethon is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Mobile robotics. It is located at 100 Business Center Drive, Pittsburgh in the United States.
Aethon Inc. provides robotic hospital delivery and asset management solutions to hospitals in the United States. Its products include an automated robotic delivery system that transports scheduled and on-demand deliveries of material, medications, and meals between all ancillary, support, and patient care units; an asset tracking application that leverages interference-free radio frequency identification technology to locate tagged missing equipment throughout the hospital; and a pharmacy chain of custody solution for medications. More about Aethon.
Barrett Technology
Barrett Technology is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 625 Mt Auburn St., Cambridge MA in the United States.
Barrett Technology, founded in 1990 as a spin-off from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990, designs and develops robotic manipulators, such as their first haptic robot arm, WAM. This manipulator embodies Transparent Dynamics drives that fundamentally break from the conventional design of robotic manipulators. More about Barrett Technology.
Cyberdyne
Cyberdyne is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at D25-1 Gakuen Minami,, Ibaraki in Japan.
CYBERDYNE Inc. commercializes the inventions of Prof. Sankai and his laboratory at the University of Tsukuba. The company's flagship product is the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) suit, which enables and/or augments human motor function by reading nerve signals through the skin. More about Cyberdyne.
Ekso Bionics
Ekso Bionics is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 1414 Harbour Way, Richmond CA in the United States.
Ekso Bionics, originally Berkeley Bionics, was founded in Berkeley, California in 2005. The company is a pioneer in the field of robotic exoskeletons to improve human mobility. Since its inception, Ekso Bionics has forged partnerships with world-class institutions like UC Berkeley, received research grants from the Department of Defense and licensed technology to the Lockheed Martin Corporation. More about Ekso Bionics.
Hansen Medical
Hansen Medical is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 800 East Middlefield Rd., Mountain View CA in the United States.
Hansen Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical robotics designed for accurate positioning, manipulation, and stable control of catheters and catheter-based technologies. More about Hansen Medical.
Hyundai Heavy Industries
Hyundai Heavy Industries is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Industrial & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 1 Jeonha-dong, Ulsan in Korea, South.
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. builds ships for commercial, and military purposes. The Company manufactures oil tankers, cargo and passenger vessels, and warships. Hyundai Heavy Industries also produces heavy industrial machineries, wind turbines, solar panels, electrical components for engines and power trains, and industrial vehicles, such as cranes and bulldozers. More about Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Innovation Associates
Innovation Associates is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 530 Columbia Drive, Johnson City NY in the United States.
Innovation is a leading provider of pharmacy automation technologies to the retail (chain and independent), hospital, government/DoD, and mail order (closed door) pharmacy markets. More about Innovation Associates.
InTouch Health
InTouch Health is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Mobile robotics. It is located at 6330 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara CA in the United States.
InTouch Technologies, Inc., doing business as InTouch Health, develops, manufactures, and markets remote presence technology solutions. The company's products include the RP-VITA, RP-7 and RP-7i robots that are remote presence systems. More about InTouch Health.
Intuitive Surgical
Intuitive Surgical is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 1266 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale CA in the United States.
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets da Vinci surgical systems for various surgical procedures, including urologic, gynecologic, cardiothoracic, general, and head and neck surgeries. Its da Vinci surgical system consists of a surgeon’s console or consoles, a patient-side cart, a 3-D vision system, and proprietary ‘wristed’ instruments. More about Intuitive Surgical.
MAKO Surgical
MAKO Surgical is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive robotics. It is located at 2555 Davie Road, Ft. Lauderdale FL in the United States.
MAKO Surgical Corp., a medical device company, markets its advanced robotic arm solution and orthopedic implants for orthopedic procedures in the United States and internationally. It offers MAKOplasty, a restorative surgical solution that enables orthopedic surgeons to treat patient specific osteoarthritic disease. More about MAKO Surgical.
Medrobotics
Medrobotics is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Manipulator robotics. It is located at 475 Paramount Dr., Raynham MA in the United States.
Medrobotics Corporation (formerly Cardiorobotics, Inc.) is a Delaware "C" Corporation, originally formed in 2005 (as Innovention Technologies, LLC) by the inventors of its multi-linked robot technology for surgical procedures. More about Medrobotics.
Swisslog
Swisslog is a Public company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Manipulator & Mobile robotics. It is located at Swisslog Holding AG, CH-5033 Buchs in Switzerland.
Swisslog is a global provider of integrated logistics solutions for warehouses, distribution centers and hospitals. More about Swisslog.
Vecna Technologies
Vecna Technologies is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Mobile robotics. It is located at 6404 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt MD in the United States.
Vecna Technologies, Inc. offers healthcare solutions, such as patient self-service solutions, enterprise Web-based systems, and QC PathFinder HAI detection software for hospitals. More about Vecna Technologies .
VGo Communications
VGo Communications is a Private company with a focus on Medical & Assistive & Mobile robotics. It is located at 100 Innovative Way, Nashua NH in the United States.
VGo Communications, Inc. develops and markets robotic telepresence solutions for healthcare, education and the workplace. More about VGo Communications.
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