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Robotics
6 entries across the knowledge base
Teleoperation, degrees of freedom & end-effectorsHow a surgeon at a console moves a robot inside a patient: master–slave control, motion scaling, the joints that give a robot its dexterity (degrees of freedom), and the tool at the tip.concept · 5 min · foundationFeedback control & PIDHow a machine holds a target — a temperature, a dose rate, a joint angle — by constantly measuring the error and correcting. PID is the control algorithm running inside incubators, pumps and robots.concept · 5 min · foundationAnatomy of a medical robotEvery robot — surgical, rehab, lab or delivery — is the same loop: sense, think, act, repeat. Here's how the hardware pieces you've met assemble into one.concept · 5 min · foundationActuators & motorsIf sensors are how a device feels, actuators are how it acts: the motors and valves that drive an infusion pump, move a surgical-robot joint, or close a prosthetic hand.concept · 4 min · foundation
Robotics fundamentalsSense, plan, act — the loop every robot runs. What the terms mean, what makes medical robotics different from factory robotics, and why 'autonomous surgery' is further away than the demos suggest.article · 6 min · foundationAssistive & surgical roboticsWhere medical robots actually are today: teleoperated surgical instruments and assistive devices — plus an honest look at what the evidence says versus what the marketing does.article · 7 min · foundation