actuators

Human muscles can be impersonated by nanostructured fibers
via University of Texas at Austin Human muscles can be impersonated by nanostructured fibers Mimicking
A backpack-like portable robot can keep people from falling
A backpack-like portable robot can keep people from falling Balance aids used in everyday life
Generating robotic parts for novel tasks with a new automated system

When designing actuators involves too many variables for humans to test by hand, this system

New actuating material could replace traditional bulky motors and pneumatic actuators in robots with ones similar to mammalian skeletal muscles in the future

To develop micro- and biomimetic-robots, artificial muscles and medical devices, actuating materials that can reversibly

Soft robots that can move on their own for medicine rescue and defense

If Star Wars’ R2-D2 is your idea of a robot, think again. Researchers led by

Nano-Sized Device Repeatedly Lifts 165 Times its Own Weight Acting Like a Muscle

Rutgers materials scientists discover powerful effect that could benefit robotics, aviation, medicine and other fields