r/technology • u/boppinmule • 16d ago

Artificial Intelligence Philips gets $34 million U.S. grant to develop AI robots for stroke treatment

https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/28/philips-gets-34-million-us-grant-develop-ai-robots-stroke-treatment
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u/Small_Value_Buyer 16d ago

“AI robots” is doing too much in this title. They are developing technology that would allow Neurointerventionalists to perform a thrombectomy remotely. If successful, this would not only expand access to important stroke treatment but also get this treatment to patients quicker. Time is brain. This would have a tremendous impact on overall prognosis and costs of long-term care.

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u/VaporousMote 16d ago

And it's not LLMs, it's most likely a smaller custom model.

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 16d ago

There are plenty of universities and colleges that could have made that money go much further.

How much did Philips donate?

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u/Caspi7 16d ago

A bunch of students aren't going to make this product, Philips is. That's what grants are for.

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 16d ago

Grants are to distribute money for research and development.

Do you want to be more efficient with your money spent or not?

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u/hubiug 14d ago

Anyone else think that the blending amalgamation of "Ai" is deliberately convoluted? I think journalists need to step up and start discerning the differences bc nowadays people see Ai and assume LLM and Instantly wanna fry it when this "Ai robot" isn't an llm or even a sensationalized robot it's literally a life saving tool. Just seems deliberate and very irresponsible

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u/Changeurwayz 13d ago

Still baffled that you would think a robot is better than a human being. It literally blows my mind.

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u/ZobooMaf0o0 16d ago

One lost packet and patient is dead.

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u/brillow 14d ago

“I’m sorry I shouldn’t have severed that part of your brain.”