robotics

Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that patients didn’t mind receiving care from a Boston Dynamics robot dog affixed with a tablet, on a video call with a human doctor. An author of the study tells LX News about how the experiment went.

It’s not only about the fight for a $15 minimum wage. In a post-pandemic world, the risk of low-wage jobs losses could accelerate.

Jason Stoffer, a devoted husband and father of three young children, was an avid outdoorsman and adventurer before a car accident left him with a devastating spinal cord injury. Then he found a cutting edge program, called HAL for hybrid assistive limb, that helps spinal cord patients walk with robotics assistance. NBCLX followed Stoffer and his family during his treatment...