Thanks to FDA, Robotics Takes a Massive Leap Today

Forget everything you know about robots - the market is about to explode with growth. To date there has been much commercial success with floor cleaning and even window washing robots and both of these are huge markets. But they may be nothing compared with the next frontier of this amazing technology which will allow them to navigate around humans in operating rooms at hospitals. You see iRobot just got FDA approval for a new robot to do just that. The robot, also known as Remote Presence Virtual Independent Telemedicine Assistant (RP-VITA), received 510(K) clearance from the FDA and can be used for active patient monitoring in pre-operative, peri-operative, and post-operative situations.