Robotics & Automation

Robotics

Robotics are finding a place in the medical field. Learn about the advantages of medical robots, and explore how the technologies are being deployed successfully.

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Products: Test & Measurement
Winners will be announced in Medical Design Briefs and here on MedicalDesignBriefs.com.
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From the Editor: Robotics, Automation & Control
A new report from research firm Evaluate gives the medtech industry a fair grade for its performance in 2021.
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Applications: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The products that help stop the spread of communicable diseases range from simple to sophisticated.
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Features: Robotics, Automation & Control
Despite the growth in MIS advancements over the last two decades, these techniques are still in their adolescence. There is much room for growth.
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Briefs: Wearables
The device could help guide recovery after treatment for head and neck cancer.
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Applications: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Infiplast, a plastics company for medical devices, was asked to design, prototype, test, and manufacture a critical component for ventilators.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
The device was inspired by nature, specifically insect legs and flagella.
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INSIDER: Medical
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...
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers are reporting a breakthrough in the field of materials science and engineering with the development of an electrochemical actuator that uses specialized organic semiconductor...
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INSIDER: Medical
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 a...
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Special Reports: Design
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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 devices...

Products: Design
Touchless switches, biocompatible adhesives, 3D-printing materials, and more.
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Features: Sensors/Data Acquisition
MD&M West brings together medtech engineers, business leaders, and innovative thinkers to create life-changing medical devices.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The device uses soft robotics, ultra-thin electronics, and microfluidics.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Automation removes the possibility of human error in high-precision or repetitive processes.
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Trivia: Robotics, Automation & Control
What major event in history was a catalyst for advancements in prosthetics?
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Applications: Motion Control
See how robots are helping to treat cardiac arrhythmias.
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Products: Robotics, Automation & Control
CT software, electric robot, molding material, and more.
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Podcasts: Robotics, Automation & Control
In this episode of Here’s an Idea, we speak to three researchers who are finding ways to automate surgical tasks, from suturing,to spotting tumors.
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INSIDER: Medical
A team of has demonstrated how adding brain stimulation evokes tactile sensations that make it easier for the operator to manipulate a brain-controlled robotic arm. In their experiment,...
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INSIDER: Medical
Researchers have devleoped a new, high-performance artificial muscle technology that enables more human-like motion due to its flexibility and adaptability but outperforms human...
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INSIDER: Medical
For the first time, BrainGate clinical trial participants with tetraplegia have demonstrated use of an intracortical wireless BCI with an external wireless transmitter. The...
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INSIDER: Medical
Using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology, newly developed exoskeleton legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own. The...
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Supplements: Regulations/Standards
Our 2021 Resource Guide shows you the top manufacturers in materials, manufacturing, and a range of other medical-device categories.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Barcode readers, risk-management software, servo drives, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
The patch can be folded around surgical tools.
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
In the era of social distancing, using robots for some healthcare interactions is a promising way to reduce in-person contact between healthcare workers and sick patients. However, a key...
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INSIDER: Software
Working with computer simulations, researchers have developed a concept for a soft-bodied robot that can turn rigid on demand. The approach could enable a new generation of robots that combine the...
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INSIDER: Medical
Robots that could take on basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses may be the way of the future. Who knows, maybe a medical robot can prescribe your medicine someday?...
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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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Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.

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