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Nov 24, 2022

Why Scientists are Giving Robots Human Muscles

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI, space

Human-robot hybrids are advancing quickly, but the applications aren’t just for complete synthetic humans. There’s a lot we can learn about ourselves in the process.

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Sources:

http://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/3/18/eaat4440
https://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/news/2916/
http://www.stroke.org/we-can-help/survivors/stroke-recovery/…emiparesis.
http://brainfoundation.org.au/images/stories/applicant_essay…_Terry.pdf.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMHT0027058/
https://training.seer.cancer.gov/anatomy/muscular/structure.html.
https://biodesign.seas.harvard.edu/soft-robotics.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14543

Images:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Repliee_Q2_face.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Nema_17_Stepper_Motor.jpg.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Underwater_Linear_Actuator.png.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Superabsorber_Hydrogel_KSG_2917_pK.jpg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blausen_0801_SkeletalMuscle.png.
https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/171493.php?from=395200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illu_muscle_structure.jpg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Soft_Robotics_1.jpg

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