Keyword: Robotics

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Podcasts: Medical
Biotricity’s continuous heart rhythm monitor uses advanced technology to deliver unlimited heart data insights.
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Briefs: Medical
A team of researchers has developed a soft robotic wearable capable of significantly assisting upper arm and shoulder movement in people with ALS.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
ABB Robotics has developed an automated neutralizing antibody testing system with UTMB. With the use of ABB robots, UTMB can radically increase the number of such tests performed, from 15 per day to more than 1,000.
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White Papers: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Drive Systems for Medical and Laboratory Equipment

Surgical robots range from hand-held tools to fixed multi-axis robotic systems used for a variety of medical procedures. Patients usually are not aware of it, but drive systems are always at...

INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

Equipped with two arms, Aeolus Robotics’ aeo uses one arm to perform vital tasks, such as delivery or disinfection, while its second arm operates elevators and opens doors. The robot is...

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Supplements: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Learn about the medical manufacturers and cutting-edge applications that stood out in 2021.
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Features: Robotics, Automation & Control
Surgery is complex. When performing similar procedures, surgeons with various skill levels, training, and experience can have vastly different outcomes.
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Briefs: Medical
A team of scientists and engineers has developed a first-of-its-kind, plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth.
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Products: Medical
ETCO Inc.'s custom-fabricated electrical connectors and terminals for robotic medical devices is the product of the month for January 2023.
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News: Medical

Bosch Rexroth has opened a new customer innovation center near Austin, TX. The company says the facility will provide a unique technology development experience for Bosch...

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

Combining advances in the development of functional fibers with developments in smart robotics, researchers have created multifunctional catheter-shaped soft robots that, when used...

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Products: Electronics & Computers
New products and services for December 2022, including a medical power offering, miniature solenoid valves, medical laser optics, and more.
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R&D: Medical
The microrobots are made of algae cells whose surfaces are speckled with antibiotic-filled nanoparticles.
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R&D: Design
The garments will contain sealed, airtight regions that can inflate, making them temporarily rigid and providing the force for movement.
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers

A newly developed 3D printing technique could be used to cost-effectively produce customized electronic “machines” the size of insects, enabling advanced applications in robotics, medical...

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R&D: Medical

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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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

A wearable assistive robot can detect and prevent a fall before it happens, reducing the user’s risk of sustaining injuries. The robot can also be used to aid patients’ rehabilitation from...

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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

A new type of prosthetic using microfluidics-enabled soft robotics promises to greatly reduce skin ulcerations and pain in patients who have had an amputation between the ankle...

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

A new surgical robotic system is feasible, safe, and effective for treatment of early-stage prostate cancer, concludes an initial evaluation. The system, called...

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

A medical robotic system uses an external magnetic field to precisely and remotely control guidewires through tiny and tortuous blood vessels. The system, following further...

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Briefs: Medical

If you’ve ever swallowed the same round tablet in hopes of curing everything from stomach cramps to headaches, you already know that medicines aren’t always...

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Features: Robotics, Automation & Control

On October 2021, MassRobotics, Festo, and other key players in healthcare robotics, launched a Startup Catalyst Program to advance healthcare...

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Technology Leaders: Robotics, Automation & Control

The primary aim for Harmonic Bionics is to empower patients and care providers by designing intelligent technology that facilitated a data-driven treatment protocol...

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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control

A telerobotic system helps surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons in one hospital may control a...

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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...

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INSIDER: Wearables

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...

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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...

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News: Materials

The all-new IM Engineering South is dubbed the “six-in-one advanced design and manufacturing expo,” which includes MD&M South. The event, which takes place June 14–16, is designed to give...

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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

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...

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Ask the Expert

Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.

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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.