Trivia: Medical
What wearable robotic device became the first FDA-cleared exoskeleton approved for rehabilitation use in stroke patients?
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
By rethinking how thin metal threads are woven into a flexible textile, researchers have created a lightweight fabric capable of lifting over 400 times its own weight. The work advances the...
Features: Medical
For more than 30 years, Intuitive has helped define robotic-assisted surgery. Go inside the OEM to learn more about Intuitive and its next chapter.
Briefs: AR/AI
Pop culture has often depicted robots as cold, metallic, and menacing, built for domination, not compassion. But at Georgia Tech, the future of robotics is softer, smarter, and designed to help. Read on to learn more.
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
The convergence of AI, extended reality (XR), and immersive simulation is shaping the future of surgical systems.
Podcasts: Design
Learn how human-centered robotic systems are deployed at scale, with lessons from cobots in industrial environments.
Podcasts: Medical
Advances in interconnect density, force sensing, and system integration are shaping the future of surgical and assistive robotics.
News: Robotics, Automation & Control
Quantum Surgical, a company specializing in minimally invasive robotic-assisted cancer treatment, has acquired NeuWave Medical, Inc., a medical device company whose products are used by...
Podcasts: Medical
Devices paired with adaptive machine learning are helping stroke and spinal cord injury patients regain movement.
Videos of the Month: Materials
See the videos of the month, including one on using microfluidic devices for gene therapy; one on resisting antibiotic resistance; one on a humanoid robot surgeon; and more.
INSIDER: Medical
Siemens Healthineers and Stryker have entered into a strategic partnership in the field of neurovascular robotics. The collaboration aims to develop a...
Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
AI-driven quality control, predictive maintenance, and process optimization are improving efficiency and reducing costs in medical manufacturing.
Features: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently demonstrated the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), completing eight consecutive gallbladder removal procedures on ex vivo tissue without human intervention. Medical Design Briefs spoke with Axel Krieger, PhD, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins and senior author of the study, about the system’s architecture, safeguards, and future applications.
News: Materials
SAE Media Group announced the winners of its Rising Star Awards: Women in Engineering program today during a live online event attended by participants across the globe.
Summits: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Medical & Healthcare Robotics Summit, presented by Medical Design Briefs returns for its second year to explore the continued integration of robotics in healthcare and medicine.
INSIDER: Medical
Fabricated with a gel side for carrying drugs and a magnetic side for steering, researchers have developed microrobots that can navigate complex biological environments like intestines....
Products: Medical
Listen to these podcasts to learn how the role of robotics in healthcare has evolved and will continue to evolve.
Videos of the Month: Electronics & Computers
See the videos of the month, including one on the “Robot Eyes” project; one on how researchers have found an unusual ally in the quest to make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate, and more accessible worldwide: the Morpho butterfly; one on advances in AI and biocomputational models aiming to revolutionize the drug development process; and more.
Briefs: Medical
EPFL researchers have developed a customizable soft robotic system that uses compressed air to produce shape changes, vibrations, and other haptic, or tactile, feedback in a variety of configurations. The device holds significant promise for applications in virtual reality, physical therapy, and rehabilitation. Read on to learn more.
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
Robotics in rehabilitation enhance recovery and enable patient independence.
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
Advances in autonomous surgical robotic systems.
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
Socially assistive robotics are playing an increasingly powerful role in eldercare and patient rehabilitation.
Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
A look at transformative advancement in surgical robotics, where robots can perform with both mechanical precision and human-like adaptability and understanding.
Features: Motion Control
As regulatory demands intensify and product complexity grows, automation and robotics provide medtech engineers with a powerful set of tools. From high-speed motion control to cleanroom-certified cobots and predictive maintenance, the technologies now available can transform the entire device manufacturing life cycle. Read on to learn more.
Videos of the Month: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the videos of the month, including one on 3D printing complex, more durable robots from a variety of high-quality materials in one go; one on a fully digital design-to-manufacturing process that has the potential to revolutionize lower limb socket production; one on commercial and open-source electronic circuit boards that can be embedded into soft robots; and one on scalable methods of developing battery- and solar-powered fibers, making it theoretically possible for electrical energy to be harvested from, and stored in the clothing.
Products: Materials
See where the video spotlight is this month: on CNC machining; micro linear actuators; a lab tube cutting machine; the 601 series Air Turbine Spindle® mills at 90,000 RPM; MD® multipurpose adhesives; and much more.
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
While early haptic devices focused on single-sensory cues like vibration-based notifications, modern advancements have paved the way for multisensory haptic devices that...
News: Design
Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds.
R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
Engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds. Read on to learn more.
