Today, muscle atrophy is often unavoidable when you can't move due to severe injury, old age or diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS). However, Harvard ...

In a remarkable fusion of biology and technology, researchers from the University of Tokyo and Waseda University have developed a groundbreaking biohybrid robotic hand that utilizes lab-grown human ...

A new robotic muscle has been invented that exerts tremendous strength, exceeding that of any human’s muscle. This muscle has been proven to be 1,000 times stronger and more effective than that of any ...

Research has traditionally been broken down along simple lines. There’s basic, fundamental research into how the world works, and there’s applied research that attempts to take these insights and make ...

Researchers from KAIST have developed an ultrathin, artificial muscle for soft robotics. The advancement, recently reported in the journal Science Robotics, was demonstrated with a robotic blooming ...

(Nanowerk News) Wood is the source for a brick-breaking mini robotic muscle material developed by researchers in Sweden and Germany. The material — a specially-developed hydrogel — can shape-shift, ...

Spider silk is incredible stuff. It is one the strongest materials in the world for its weight, and its potential uses are hugely diverse, from building armor to creating artificial skin and helping ...

Cornell University researchers have created a soft robotic muscle that can regulate its temperature through sweating. Thermal management is important for robots and is a basic building block for ...

As robots become more and more lifelike, this begs the obvious question: how will they keep their robotic muscles in tip-top shape? While they’re hitting robotic gyms just yet, researchers have ...

Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have created a miniature robotic muscle substance that breaks through brick walls. With electronic impulses of less than one volt, the material—a ...