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Photonic artificial muscles: from micro robots to tissue engineering.

Faraday discussions Oct 23, 2020
Light responsive shape-changing polymers are able to mimic the function of biological muscles accomplishing mechanical work in response to selected stimuli. A variety of manufacturing techniques and chemical processes can be employed to shape these m...
Polymers Biocompatible Materials Robotics Optics and Photonics Muscles Tissue Engineering Artificial Organs Printing, Three-Dimensional
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An 88-milligram insect-scale autonomous crawling robot driven by a catalytic artificial muscle.

Science robotics Aug 19, 2020
The creation of autonomous subgram microrobots capable of complex behaviors remains a grand challenge in robotics largely due to the lack of microactuators with high work densities and capable of using power sources with specific energies comparable ...
Robotics Catalysis Animals Biomimetics Insecta Platinum Equipment Design Biomechanical Phenomena Thermodynamics Alloys Muscles Biomimetic Materials Locomotion Artificial Organs
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Actuation of untethered pneumatic artificial muscles and soft robots using magnetically induced liquid-to-gas phase transitions.

Science robotics Apr 15, 2020
Pneumatic artificial muscles have been widely used in industry because of their simple and relatively high-performance design. The emerging field of soft robotics has also been using pneumatic actuation mechanisms since its formation. However, these ...
Phase Transition Engineering Magnetics Thermodynamics Artificial Organs Models, Biological Hand Strength Humans Magnetite Nanoparticles Equipment Design Muscle, Skeletal Robotics
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A blister-like soft nano-textured thermo-pneumatic actuator as an artificial muscle.

Nanoscale Sep 13, 2018
Here, model blister-like soft thermo-pneumatic artificial muscles with the embedded nanofibers impregnated with ethanol are developed. The muscles are essentially blister-like thermo-pneumatic soft actuators (BTSAs), which deflect in response to heat...
Equipment Design Hot Temperature Artificial Organs Muscle, Skeletal Robotics
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Design of a biped robot actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles.

Bio-medical materials and engineering Jan 1, 2015
High compliant legs are essential for the efficient versatile locomotion and shock absorbency of humans. This study proposes a biped robot actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles to mimic human locomotion. On the basis of the musculoskeletal archite...
Models, Biological Leg Muscle Contraction Biomimetics Muscle, Skeletal Pressure Equipment Failure Analysis Artificial Organs Gait Equipment Design Computer Simulation Humans Robotics Computer-Aided Design
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