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US lawmakers to introduce bill to ban government use of Chinese robots
Two senators plan to introduce a bill that would ban the government from buying or operating humanoid robots made by Chinese firms.
VCU Health performs nation’s first fully robotic living donor liver transplant
Richmond-based VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center made history this month by becoming the first center in the United States to perform a fully robotic liver transplant using a liver from a living donor. VCU Health said the procedure, which was led by the interim surgical director of liver transplant Seung Duk Lee, used the da […]
Herndon-based Peraton acquires mobile robot subsidiary
Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. announced Thursday it has acquired Remotec Inc. through its $3.4 billion cash purchase of Northrop Grumman’s integrated mission support and IT solutions business in February. Now branded as Peraton Remotec, the Tennessee-based subsidiary is a global leader in mobile robot systems for hazardous duty operations. Peraton also announced the[...]
