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Artificial muscle can switch from soft to rigid to support 4,000 times its own weight
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a new type of artificial muscle that can seamlessly transition from soft ...
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Soft to steel: Tiny robot muscle lifts 4,000 times its weight, defying limits
The stiffened artificial muscle can support up to 5 kilograms (11 pounds) — roughly “4,000 times its own weight.” The muscle ...
Abstract Soft artificial muscles offer transformative potential in robotics, wearable electronics, and biomedical devices due to their light weight ...
(Nanowerk News) We move thanks to coordination among many skeletal muscle fibers, all twitching and pulling in sync. While some muscles align in one direction, others form intricate patterns, helping ...
(A) A summary plot illustrating the elastic modulus range of the artificial muscle compared to representative biological tissues, highlighting the biomimetic mechanical properties of the artificial ...
A research team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson's Sarver Heart Center found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart ...
According to its developers, this transition — much like rubber transforming into steel — occurs when the artificial muscle ...
MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially, much like how the iris in the human eye acts to dilate and constrict the pupil. We move thanks ...
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