'Bone-ified muscles' could be robots' next flex
July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025
EVANSTON, Illinois, July 27 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release:
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'Bone-ified muscles' could be robots' next flex
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* A new soft actuator moves and stiffens like biological muscle
* The muscles, or actuators, are constructed from low-cost, 3D-printed rubbers
* Engineers integrated three actuators as 'muscles' into a human-sized robotic leg with 3D-printed rigi . . .
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'Bone-ified muscles' could be robots' next flex
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* A new soft actuator moves and stiffens like biological muscle
* The muscles, or actuators, are constructed from low-cost, 3D-printed rubbers
* Engineers integrated three actuators as 'muscles' into a human-sized robotic leg with 3D-printed rigi . . .