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If the prospect of being assisted by a robot in daily tasks still seems distant, it is not the same in the industrial sector. With cobotics, robots are already working alongside people! Why make people perform arduous tasks when a robot could do them? Noise, repetitive motion, risk-filled environments… Some industrial jobs are particularly difficult. What is the solution? One approach is cobotics. A neologism from the words “cooperation” and “robotics”, it refers to collaboration between a person and a robot. The objective of these cobots is to automate a large range of tasks and perform work in closer collaboration with people. Specifically, what is cobotics? Tasks that are arduous, difficult, or to which people add little value are transferred to machines. Cobots assist operators by augmenting their capabilities in terms of effort, allowing them to manipulate parts that are hot, heavy, bulky, or too small for precision handling. In addition, with machines running around th...

Technology and medicine have gone hand and hand for many years. Consistent advances in pharmaceuticals and the medical field have saved millions of lives and improved many others. As the years pass by and technology continues to improve, there is no telling what advances will come next. Here are the top 10 new medical technologies in 2019:  10.  Smart inhalers Inhalers are the main treatment option for asthma and if taken correctly, will be effective for 90% of patients. However, in reality, research shows that only about 50% of patients have their condition under control and as many as 94% don’t use inhalers properly.   To help asthma sufferers to better manage their condition, Bluetooth-enabled smart inhalers have been developed. A small device is attached to the inhaler which records the date and time of each dose and whether it was correctly administered. This data is then sent to the patients’ smartphones so they can keep track of and control thei...

The  UN’s World Health Organization’s new advisory committee on developing global standards for governance and oversight of human genome editing  has indicated on 19 March, 2019 after its first meeting how it will work towards developing a strong international governance framework in this area. It is one more example of several new technologies that will also impact persons with disabilities. All the more reason for the creation of the new position for disability and technology at the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the United Nations this March. It clearly indicates that technology already has such a great effect on human rights that the UN cannot any longer turn a blind eye to new, recently emerging technologies. The  relevant Convention  in question was adopted in 2006. At the time it was difficult to discern clearly the dilemmas and challenging issues we currently have to deal with. Well, what issues do we have to deal w...