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INSIDER: Medical
A nanofiber-based biodegradable millirobot, called Fibot, can move in the intestines and degrade in response to the pH of its environment, thus releasing different drugs in different...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A soft robotic sleeve controlled with a microfluidic chip reduces treatment cost, weight, and power consumption. The prototype is more portable than previous devices, and the underlying...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
A more accurate, less-invasive technology allows amputees to move a robotic arm using their brain signals instead of their muscles. Researchers have created a small, implantable...
INSIDER: Medical
Put your brick-building skills to the test at MD&M West as you design and construct robots with movable parts to battle it out in the arena. The last bot standing wins. Hosted by master builder...
Special Reports: Medical
Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...
INSIDER: Wearables
The medtech field is undergoing another year of volatility as challenges born during the pandemic persist. Yet, the industry is seeing an infusion of innovation,...
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A fluid pump driven by electrochemical reactions is simple, lightweight, and silent, and it enables self-sensing actuation, with potential applications in wearable technology....
INSIDER: Medical
Low-cost jelly-like materials can sense strain, temperature, and humidity. And unlike earlier self-healing robots, they can also partially repair themselves...
INSIDER: Wearables
Harvard and Boston University have been awarded a grant of $3 million from the State House to support the development of next-generation robotics and wearable...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers have replaced the traditional blood pressure procedure by replicating the folding mechanisms of the leech in their design of 3-D printable origami sensors. The...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
An innovative human-machine interface (HMI) system, which consists of flexible, multi-layered electronic skin, provides both visual and haptic feedback to users. The system can teleoperate the robot to...
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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From the Editor: Wearables
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Features: Design
Applications: Packaging & Sterilization
Briefs: Medical
Briefs: Tubing & Extrusion
INSIDER: Nanotechnology
Tiny tumbling soft robots that can be controlled with rotating magnetic fields can climb slopes, tumble upstream against fluid flow, and deposit substances at precise...
INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Researchers are reporting a breakthrough in the field of materials science and engineering with the development of an electrochemical actuator that uses specialized organic...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Equipped with a color 3D camera, an inertial measurement sensor, and its own on-board computer, a newly improved robotic cane could offer blind and visually impaired users...
Special Reports: Motion Control
Medical Robotics - September 2021
Self-propelled nanobots that deliver drugs inside the human body...novel sensors that improve the safety and precision of industrial robots...a dynamic hydrogel material that makes building soft robotic...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Top Stories
INSIDER: Medical

Biodegradable Bandage Helps Wounds Heal
INSIDER: Medical

Superelastic Metal Alloy Shows Promise in Biomedical Applications
INSIDER: Medical

Nanosensor Platform Could Advance Detection of Ovarian Cancer
INSIDER: Medical

Implant Allows Amputees to Use Mind to Control Robotic Arm
Features: Medical

Inside the OEM: Boston Scientific
News: Medical

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John Chandler on Achieving Quality Motion Control

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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Rapid Precision Prototyping Program Speeds Medtech Product Development
Rapid prototyping technologies play an important role in supporting new product development (NPD) by companies that are working to bring novel and innovative products to market. But in advanced industries where products often make use of multiple technologies, and where meeting a part’s exacting tolerances is essential, speed without precision is rarely enough. In such advanced manufacturing—including the medical device and surgical robotics industries — the ability to produce high-precision prototypes early in the development cycle can be critical for meeting design expectations and bringing finished products to market efficiently.
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Technology Leaders: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Technology Leaders: Tubing & Extrusion
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
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