It has been a long endeavor to create biohybrid robots – machines powered by lab-grown muscle as potential actuators. The flexibility of biohybrid robots could allow them to squeeze and twist through ...

The inspiration for the design is derived from papillae, a group of tiny muscles used by octopuses to change their movement ...

Swedish researchers have developed a breakthrough 3D printing method to create soft actuators. These dielectric elastic actuators (DEA) are made from silicone-based materials, combining conductive ...

(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 ...

Future robots could soon have a lot more muscle power. Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are working on a new generation of tiny bots inspired by creepy crawlies.

Exoskeletons typically work by implementing motions programmed in advance and having the user call for them, making it ...

An exoskeleton is a wearable robot designed to assist with movements that are difficult to perform due to weakness and is receiving significant attention in aging societies. To enable these robots to ...

The technology experts at Digital Trends reveal how a creepy robot uses 1,000 artificial muscles to move realistically.

(Nanowerk News) Empa researchers are working on artificial muscles that can keep up with the real thing. They have now developed a method of producing the soft and elastic, yet powerful structures ...

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 ...