‘Bone-ified muscles’ could be robots’ next flex
Jul 27, 2025 · Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new muscles, or actuators, provide the …
Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to ...
Mar 17, 2025 · MIT engineers developed a method to grow artificial muscle tissue that twitches and flexes in multiple, coordinated directions. These tissues could be useful for building “biohybrid” robots …
Humanoid robots could lift 4,000 times their own weight thanks to ...
Oct 29, 2025 · Researchers in South Korea have built an artificial muscle that can lift approximately 4,000 times its own weight. They say it can be used in future humanoid robots.
Beyond mimicry: Fiber-type artificial muscles outperform biological ...
4 days ago · Biological muscles act as flexible actuators, generating force naturally and with an impressive range of motion. Unsurprisingly, scientists and engineers have been striving to build …
Fiber Muscles Surpass Natural Muscle Power - azorobotics.com
5 days ago · A new review published in Nature reveals that artificial muscles made from smart fibers are not only matching - but in many ways exceeding - the capabilities of biological muscle. These …
Four-legged robot mimics canine gait using air-powered muscles
1 day ago · Tokyo engineers unveil a dog-inspired robot that uses air-powered muscles to study how animals absorb impact while running and jumping.
Meet the muscle-powered robot that moves like a human
Jul 29, 2025 · Robots might soon be moving more like humans and animals, thanks to a major breakthrough by engineers at Northwestern University. A team of researchers has developed a new …
Revolutionary Artificial Muscle Enables Multi-Directional Movement ...
Sep 6, 2025 · A pioneering research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has recently made significant strides in growing artificial muscle tissues that can flex and contract in …
Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ...
Feb 21, 2025 · On Wednesday, Clone Robotics released video footage of its Protoclone humanoid robot, a full-body machine that uses synthetic muscles to create unsettlingly human-like movements.
Advancements in Artificial Muscles for Robotics
Jun 10, 2025 · Artificial Muscles are important in robotics and prosthetics because they try to mimic how real muscles work. Most current artificial muscles can only either shrink or stretch, not both at the …