Cometh the cyborg: Improved integration of living muscles into robots
Date:
May 30, 2018
Source:
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Summary:
Researchers have developed a novel method of growing whole muscles from hydrogel sheets impregnated with myoblasts. They then incorporated these muscles as antagonistic pairs into a biohybrid robot, which successfully performed manipulations of objects. This approach overcame earlier limitations of a short functional life of the muscles and their ability to exert only a weak force, paving the way for more advanced biohybrid robots.
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180530144132.htm
