Researchers at Columbia Engineering have solved a long-standing issue in the creation of untethered soft robots whose actions and movements can help mimic natural biological systems. A group in the ...

Swedish researchers have developed a breakthrough 3D printing method to create soft actuators. These dielectric elastic actuators (DEA) are made from silicone-based materials, combining conductive ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 1 (UPI) --Actuators are the "muscles" of robots -- the moving parts. Researchers at Harvard are working to build actuators that are more like, well, muscles. The advantage of a ...

The team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder was inspired by organic muscles to develop the soft "actuators." The technology could streamline bulky metal androids and enable them to ...

Makers, developers and hobbyists searching for customisable actuators may be interested in a new piece of hardware which has been created by Diego Porqueras, specifically with makers in mind. The new ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have solved a long-standing issue in the creation of untethered soft robots whose actions and movements can help mimic natural biological systems. A group in the ...

A team of researchers from South Korea has developed a thin, robotic actuator based on the movements of real human muscles. Actuators are, effectively, the ‘muscles’ of robotic machines. They are ...

To effectively replicate the movements of humans and animals, robots should integrate muscle-like structures. These artificial muscles should attain an optimal performance across all relevant ...

Researchers at CU Boulder are collaborating to develop a new kind of biocompatible actuator that contracts and relaxes in only one dimension, like muscles. Their research may one day enable soft ...

We've been hearing a lot about "artificial muscles," which allow robotic devices or prosthetic limbs to perform human-like motions. And while most of them have been produced in labs utilizing ...

To make robots more cooperative and have them perform tasks in close proximity to humans, they must be softer and safer. A new actuator generates movements similar to those of skeletal muscles using ...

Electroactive polymer actuators represent a rapidly evolving field in materials science, where electrically induced deformations in polymers are harnessed to produce controlled mechanical motion.