A surgical instrument couplable to an end effector, wherein the surgical instrument includes at least one drive mechanism operable to effect at least one motion in the end effector. The surgical instrument further includes one or more vibration sensors configured to record vibrations generated by the at least one drive mechanism, wherein the one or more vibration sensors are configured to generate an output signal based on the sensed vibrations. The surgical instrument further includes a plurality of frequency filters each defining a center frequency and a frequency bandwidth, wherein the frequency filters are configured to generate a filtered signal based on the received output signal.
