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New smart artificial muscle could bring human-like feedback to humanoid robot

Researchers have developed an intelligent artificial muscle that mimics biological muscle–tendon systems. The team at Seoul National University (SNU) created the device using liquid-metal channels ...
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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 and flexible to rigid and strong—much like rubber transforming into steel.
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This artificial muscle can support 4,000 times its own weight and stretch 12 times its length

A research team — led by Professor Hoon Eui Jeong at UNIST — has engineered a new type of soft artificial muscle that can seamlessly go from soft and flexible to rigid and strong, overcoming a key ...
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Slime-like robots from sci-fi become reality: SNU researchers develop next-generation artificial muscle that dynamically reconfigures and self-heals

(1) A reconfigurable artificial muscle device capable of performing multiple functions through repeated phase transitions and magnetic responsiveness of slime-like ferrofluid electrodes. (2) Schematic ...