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Light-driven actuators outperform mammalian muscle
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Light-driven actuators outperform mammalian muscle

(Top) Twist Processing of AC-LCE film into fiber, homochiral, and heterochiral spring actuators to direct direction of actuation. (Bottom) “Latch-mode” actuation and spatiotemporal...

Four-legged robot can reproduce animal movement with fewer actuators
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Four-legged robot can reproduce animal movement with fewer actuators

Image demonstrating the real-word deployment of the robot. Credit: Stella, Achkar, et al. Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades...

Developing 3D-printed soft material actuators that can mimic real muscles
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Developing 3D-printed soft material actuators that can mimic real muscles

Complexity on a small scale: A 3D-printed soft actuator or “artificial muscle.” Credit: Empa Empa researchers are working on producing artificial muscles that...