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R&D: Medical
Researchers have succeeded in adding finger straightening or extension to soft rehabilitation gloves through a novel foldable pouch actuator (FPA) without compromising the already existing functionality of finger bending or flexion. Read on to learn more about it.
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R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
An assistive planar robot includes a cutting-edge closed-loop feedback system to monitor the muscle and brain activity of the user in order to trigger the execution of reach and grab in an adaptive way.
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R&D: Electronics & Computers
Scientists have developed electrode arrays that can be funneled through a small hole in the skull and deployed over a relatively large surface over the brain’s cortex. The technology...
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R&D: Medical
Engineers have unveiled what they call an intervertebral disc-on-a-chip, a world-first precision engineered toolbox for research into lower back pain, the leading cause of disability worldwide.
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Briefs: Materials
Researchers have developed a fully knitted, circuit-embedded knee wearable for wireless sensing of joint motion in real time. Compared to other knitted electronics, this model has fewer externally integrated components and a more sensitive sensor, making it less error prone.
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R&D: Medical
Made of graphene, a cuffless device is worn on the underside of the wrist and can measure blood pressure with comparable accuracy to a standard blood pressure cuff. While the technology is still in...
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Applications: Medical
The SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital’s pediatric maxillofacial surgery team has used 3D-printing technology to successfully perform a complicated operation to resect a malignant tumor in an 11-year-old boy.
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R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
Scientists have developed a new type of prosthetic using microfluidics-enabled soft robotics that promises to greatly reduce skin ulcerations and pain in patients who have had an amputation...
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Briefs: Medical
Mechanical engineers have built a handy extra limb able to grasp objects and go, powered only by compressed air. It’s one of several ideas the engineers at Rice University’s George...
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R&D: Medical
Researchers have developed a hand prosthesis powered and controlled by the user’s breathing. The simple, lightweight device offers an alternative to Bowden cable-driven body-powered...
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Technology Leaders: Medical
The primary aim for Harmonic Bionics is to empower patients and care providers by designing intelligent technology that facilitated a data-driven treatment protocol when...
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The vibrating device uses bone-conducted sounds to achieve better results.
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R&D: Wearables
A new technology offers a needle-free, painless and easy-to-use method for collecting blood samples.
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R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Researchers have developed a lighter, yet more robust knee brace for the elderly who suffer from knee problems.
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R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
A new robotic hand grasps a wide variety of items, including raw eggs.
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R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have proposed a solution to both clearly visualize and accurately assess the brain via photoacoustic imaging.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The device could help guide recovery after treatment for head and neck cancer.
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Features: Software
See how A.I.-based machine learning supports orthopedic revision surgeries.
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Briefs: Medical
The device paves the way for better prosthetic control.
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R&D: Medical
A paper-clip-sized device has been shown to help patients with upper limb paralysis to text, e-mail, and even shop online in the first human trial.
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Applications: Medical
To produce an additively manufactured prosthesis, REJOINT starts by 3D modelling the patient’s CT scan.
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R&D: Wearables
A wrist-mounted device continuously tracks the entire human hand in 3D.
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Briefs: Wearables
The insoles could prevent amputations caused by diabetic foot ulcers.
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R&D: Medical
New machine learning algorithms and computational models may provide insight into the mental demand placed on individuals using prosthetics.
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R&D: Medical
Scientists have shown that amputees can actually be convinced that the prosthetic hand belongs to their own body. They do this by going beyond the “seeing is believing” idiom based on...
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R&D: Medical
Scientists have used a microchip to map the back of the eye for disease diagnosis. This is the first time that technical obstacles have been overcome to fabricate a miniature device able to...
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R&D: AR/AI
Researchers have developed a soft, flexible artificial skin made of silicone and electrodes. The skin’s system of soft sensors and actuators enable the artificial skin to conform to the exact shape...
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Briefs: Medical
EPFL scientists are developing new approaches for improved control of robotic hands — in particular for amputees — that combines individual finger control and automation...
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R&D: Medical
Researchers have developed highly programmable actuators that, similar to the human hand, combine soft and hard materials to perform complex movements. These materials have great potential for soft...
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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control
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FAULHABER MICROMO brings together the highest quality motion technologies and value-added services, together with global engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing, to deliver top quality micro motion solutions. With 34 years’ experience, John Chandler injects a key engineering perspective into all new projects and enjoys working closely with OEM customers to bring exciting new technologies to market.

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Inside Story: Selecting and Implementing Automation Solutions
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To find out more about selecting and implementing automation solutions, MDB recently spoke with Dave McMorrow, Technical Director, MMT Automation and Michael Wall, Technical Director, Somex Automation, an MMT company.

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