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Artificial hydrogel tendons supercharge muscle-powered robots

It’s not every day that a robot receives an upgrade like a soft, gummy cable, but MIT just made it possible. They did so by ...
Prepare to question reality! In this video, we're unveiling six of the most astonishingly lifelike AI robots that blur the ...
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a two-legged biohybrid robot, combining an artificial skeleton with biological muscle, which is capable of walking and pivoting underwater. Typical ...
It's not clear that anyone was asking for a company to build a muscular, sinewy robot or to see a video of it dangling, helpless from a hook, but life is full of surprises and this YouTube video of ...
Sometimes nature provides the best blueprints for building effective robots. It also can provide the best material. Billions of years of natural selection has built some pretty impressive machinery, ...
More and more robots are assisting workers in factories. However, human-robot collaboration is still far from seamless.
While biohybrid robots that crawl and swim have been built before with lab-grown muscle, this is the first such bipedal robot that can pivot and make sharp turns. It does this by applying electricity ...
Compared to robots, human bodies are flexible, capable of fine movements, and can convert energy efficiently into movement. Drawing inspiration from human gait, researchers from Japan crafted a ...
MIT has recently unveiled a novel design concept focusing on the development of flexible skeletons tailored for soft, muscle-powered robots. Engineers have long been intrigued by the potential of ...
A lightweight robotic device has helped children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) achieve a ...