Engineering insights
Practical discussions of motor control, medical-device development, robotics, manufacturing and multidisciplinary product engineering.
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Use these articles to frame technical tradeoffs and identify the evidence a product team needs before committing to an architecture.
Brushless DC motors or BLDC motors have the popular choice of motors these days and for a strong reason. They weigh less, are more compact, durable, and reliable than brushed DC motors. Moreover, BLDC...
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Apply iterative medical-device development while preserving system architecture, risk management, traceability, verification and controlled evidence.
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Evaluate industrial robot automation through process requirements, tooling, sensing, safety, recovery, availability and realistic production economics.
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Modern medicine has made various surgical procedures safer and more accessible for patients all over the globe. Medical device development has been flourishing and one of the 21st century’s greatest medical innovations is minimally...
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Select a robotic actuator from torque, speed, gearing, feedback, power, regeneration, thermal and safety requirements—not the motor label alone.
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A practical medical-device development lifecycle from intended use and feasibility through design controls, verification, validation, transfer and launch.
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A balanced engineering view of robot-assisted surgery: platform capabilities, procedure-specific evidence, human factors, faults and system design.
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Plan medical-device feasibility work around critical assumptions, representative prototypes, measurable evidence, interfaces, risk and clear exit criteria.
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Understand sensorless BLDC startup, back-EMF detection, observer handoff, measurement timing, low-speed limits, fault recovery and bench validation.
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A system-level guide to motor-controller power stages, sensing, control, firmware, protection, regeneration, thermal design, EMC and verification.
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Manage medical-device design controls by connecting inputs, outputs, risk, reviews, verification, validation, configuration and production transfer.
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Plan an ABB robot cell across selection, coordinate frames, tooling, fixtures, controls, sensing, safety, simulation, commissioning and support.
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