Once the team made MuMuTAs work, they used five of them to actuate multi-jointed fingers in a robotic hand.

and back muscles. Front flips use more of your abs and hip flexors. The tuck position is far easier in a backward rotation than what's required for a front flip. Hesitation is the main human ...

Researchers at Empa are developing artificial muscles that could one day move like real ones. Using advanced 3D printing, ...

The hand is made of a 3D-printed plastic base, with tendons of human muscle tissue which move the fingers. Until now, biohybrid devices have typically been on a much smaller scale (about 1 ...