R&D: Robotics, Automation & Control
A robot can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs — to take tissue samples or deliver cancer therapy. Known as a magnetic tentacle robot, it measures just 2 mm in diameter.
Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
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...
From the Editor: Robotics, Automation & Control
INSIDER: AR/AI
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...
Special Reports: Nanotechnology
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...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
Features: Packaging & Sterilization
Applications: Motion Control
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Technology Leaders: Robotics, Automation & Control
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Technology Leaders: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
R&D: Materials
Features: Robotics, Automation & Control
Features: Tubing & Extrusion
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
An origami-inspired miniature robot moves in multiple dimensions to help correct hand tremors and other disturbances during teleoperation. The robot is the size of a tennis ball, weighs...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
The robotic surgery market is currently in a rapid state of expansion. It has welcomed dozens of new companies in the last decade, and the range of technologies, uses, and applications of robotic...
Global Innovations: Robotics, Automation & Control
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Features: Medical
Technology Leaders: Materials
News: Medical
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, has made a breakthrough in the field of noninvasive robotic device...
News: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Many medical devices — from robotic surgery to autonomous delivery robots in hospitals, to dialysis equipment — use motion control products to operate. Allied Motion’s long and successful experience as a...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
As more medical companies seek robots for increasingly complex tasks such as robotic-assisted surgeries, systems developers tasked with building these robots see an...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
In use for nearly 20 years, robotic surgery utilizing the da Vinci Surgical System has become a standard technique by hospitals in the United States and Europe when performing...
Briefs: Wearables
Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed only after it has reached an advanced stage, with many tumors spread throughout the abdomen. Most patients undergo surgery to remove as many of...
Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
A highly accurate optical distance sensor is available from Werth Messtechnik, Giessen, Germany. The Werth Chromatic Focus Point sensor can measure...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
A visit to the dentist typically involves time-consuming and sometimes unpleasant scraping with mechanical tools to remove plaque from teeth. What if, instead, a dentist could deploy a small...
Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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R&D: Medical

Low-Cost, 3D Printed Device May Broaden Ultrasound Use
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Superelastic Metal Alloy Shows Promise in Biomedical Applications
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Wearable Robotic Sleeve Treats Lymphedema
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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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Advancements in Robotic Magnetic Navigation Technology Enhance Surgical...
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Robotics Motion Control: The Complex Relationship Between Movement and Task