Stairs are one of the most difficult environments for robots to navigate safely. Even robots specifically designed to climb ...

New autonomous system helps stair-climbing robots recover from falls using reinforcement learning and a robotic arm.

Statistics patient falls from ECRI's 2025 database reveal fall causes, settings, and age groups to guide safety improvements.

The FRFD is pushing hard for key changes to state and national fire codes on sprinklers, changes that could have saved lives ...

Touting the potential benefits of innovative safety devices, a trio of US Senators has asked the Government Accountability ...

After deploying Helpany’s radar-based AI platform in January 2026, United Zion senior living community cut falls by 70% in ...

Population aging is accelerating globally. According to the United Nations, the number of individuals aged ≥65 years is projected to rise from 761 million ...

Tailored education (staff, patient/family and multicomponent) probably reduces the rate of falls and risk of falling. Service model changes (where there is a change in the way a hospital delivers care ...

A team featuring Andrei Vince, a third-year computer engineering major at UNC Charlotte, secured second place in the Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge finals. Their project? Neevel, a fall ...

Guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), this study explored key factors influencing fall prevention intentions among nursing assistants in Chinese tertiary hospitals. A qualitative descriptive ...

Patient falls — a persistent healthcare safety issue — are more often tied to system failures than poor adherence to evidence-based interventions known as fall prevention bundles, according to a ...