CIS news

Great new things are happening around the globe in CIS every day. A few examples of recent activity:

• The da Vinci finally got approved in Japan
  
• Intuitive's share (ISRG) breaks all time record at $360
• Intuitive chose MKS Integrity Solution for Requirements Management
• Harvard Business School analysis of Intuitives first round VC investment
• Intuitive: lone beacon of success - article in EE Times
  
• Catherine Mohr-director of Medical Research at Intuitive Surgical-has been featured in IEEE Spectrum's Dream Jobs 2010 selection. Check her 2009 TED Talk!
  
• Another from Spectrum: X-ray scanners at airports
• IMRIS in Canada is buying the NeuroArm. Agreed with MDA to develop the next version if the robot
  
• FDA workshop on Medical Care Robots
• Robot Takes Over for Humans as Dental Guinea Pig
  
• Interesting thesis on the Pathfinder robot's ergonomics
• Publications of the Telerobotic and Biorobotic Systems Group at Harvard
• Older article about the snake-like robot developed at Carnegie Melon
• Open postdoc position in Medical Robotics/Image Guided Surgery at Vanderbilt