A flexible robotic arm mimics an elephant's trunk, twisting and stiffening to perform tasks, offering safer alternatives to rigid robots.

Here’s how it works: The patient sits in a chair by the five-foot-tall (about 1.5m) device, which is called Aletta, and ...

CHICAGO — The practice of drawing blood has changed very little ... and an AI-driven doppler ultrasound probe on a robotic arm helps select a vein and determine needle placement.