Yes, in some low torque, high speed applications, we could design motor controllers that are smarter even for DC brushed motors. Its probably even possible to do force control on them. But these motors will wear out VERY quickly, in the end you will spend more on replacing the motors than if you had started out with a brushless, high precision, lo w backlash, high torque motor. Furthermore, if you need a decent amount of torque most cheap motors can't handle them.