{"id":195581,"date":"2024-09-02T20:23:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T01:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/scientists-create-mini-robotic-forearm-muscle-comparable-to-human"},"modified":"2024-09-02T20:23:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T01:23:08","slug":"scientists-create-mini-robotic-forearm-muscle-comparable-to-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/scientists-create-mini-robotic-forearm-muscle-comparable-to-human","title":{"rendered":"Scientists create mini robotic forearm muscle comparable to human"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1sEw56zCwo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Robotic forearm designed with human-like proportions and efficient heat dissipation:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>To replicate this in robots, researchers developed a compact forearm with a radioulnar joint using miniature bone\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/Japanese researchers bipedal robot powered by living muscle tissue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">muscle<\/a> modules. The design mimics human proportions, with two modules in the radius and ulna, totaling eight muscles. These muscles control six degrees of freedom (DOFs), including the radioulnar joint, radiocarpal joint, and finger movements.<\/p>\n<p>The module\u2019s compact design maintains the correct body proportions and weight ratios while offering more muscle-driven freedom than other robots. The researchers successfully created a forearm that closely mirrors human joint performance, allowing for precise, skillful movements similar to those of a human.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers tested Kengoro, a <a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/lists\/top-7-robotics-stories-of-2023-interesting-engineering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\">robot<\/a> equipped with a human-mimetic radioulnar forearm, by performing tasks like soldering, opening a book, turning a screw, and swinging a badminton racket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robotic forearm designed with human-like proportions and efficient heat dissipation: To replicate this in robots, researchers developed a compact forearm with a radioulnar joint using miniature bone\u2013muscle modules. The design mimics human proportions, with two modules in the radius and ulna, totaling eight muscles. These muscles control six degrees of freedom (DOFs), including the radioulnar [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}