Keyword: Surgical Robotics/​Instruments

Quiz: Robotics, Automation & Control
Surgical robots allow doctors to perform complex procedures with more precision, flexibility, and control than possible with traditional techniques. Surgical robots are also sometimes used in conventional open surgical procedures.
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Blog: Medical
Researchers have created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots.
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Blog: Robotics, Automation & Control
Researchers have demonstrated that their steerable robot can autonomously maneuver the intricacies of the lung, while avoiding important lung structures.
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Podcasts: Medical
AI can enhance healthcare delivery, improve patient outcomes, and enable personalized treatments.
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Robotics - July 2023

Read about the latest advances in robots for space exploration, healthcare, manufacturing, and more in this compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs, Medical Design Briefs, and Aerospace &...

INSIDER: Imaging

Researchers from UCLA and the United States Army Research Laboratory have laid out a new approach for enhancing artificial intelligence-powered computer vision technologies by...

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Briefs: Lighting
The new robot, developed by engineers at the University of Waterloo, uses ultraviolet (UV) light and magnetic force to move on any surface, even up walls and across ceilings.
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.

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Quiz: Robotics, Automation & Control
How much do you know about medical robots, a market expected to reach $22.89 billion by 2030? Find out with this quiz.
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White Papers: Medical
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Overcome Certification Challenges for RACA Robots

RACA robots interact directly with patients; hence safety is paramount. Learn about IEC 80601-2-77 and how to certify exoskeletons successfully.

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
A team has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size so that they can walk autonomously.
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INSIDER: Medical

A collaborative effort has installed electronic “brains” on solar-powered robots that are 100 to 250 micrometers in size — smaller than an ant’s head — so that they can walk autonomously...

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Quiz: Robotics, Automation & Control
How much do you know about humanoid robots?
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Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - August 2022

A novel ink that enables 3D printing of bone with living cells...advances in ultrasonic welding of plastics...additive manufacturing of self-powered wearable devices. Read these stories and...

Briefs: Motion Control

MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons...

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Question of the Week: Design
Are soft machines an important technology for the future?

Soft machines — a subcategory of robotics that uses deformable materials instead of rigid links — are an emerging technology commonly used in wearable robotics and biomimetics (e.g., prosthetic limbs).

INSIDER: Medical

MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick,...

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INSIDER: Medical

What if your next surgery was planned and performed by a robot? A team at Johns Hopkins University is working to turn this idea into reality.

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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Soft machines — a subcategory of robotics that uses deformable materials instead of rigid links — are an emerging technology commonly used in wearable robotics and biomimetics (e.g.,...

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Special Reports: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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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...

Briefs: Materials
By electrically stimulating nerves, this therapy can reduce epileptic seizures and soothe chronic pain without the use of conventional drugs like opioids.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
An electrically driven soft valve paves the way for fully soft robots.
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Application Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
To have a successful product, one must consider all the required sub-systems to deliver high-quality illumination.
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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...

INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control

USC researchers unveiled a new simulator for robotic cutting that can accurately reproduce the forces acting on a knife as it slices through common food such as fruit and vegetables....

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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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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Biobots based on muscle cells can swim at unprecedented velocities.
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Briefs: Motion Control
The machines fold themselves within 100 milliseconds and can flatten and refold thousands of times.
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NASA Spinoff: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The interface enables one person to accomplish tasks that previously required two sets of hands.
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