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Artificial tendons give muscle-powered robots a boost
Our muscles are nature's actuators. The sinewy tissue is what generates the forces that make our bodies move. In recent years, engineers have used real muscle tissue to actuate "biohybrid robots" made ...
Meet Alex, a humanoid robot designed to replace ping pong playing Nadia. The new robot created by IHMC in downtown Pensacola ...
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Turning polarization into motion: Ferroelectric fluids redefine electrostatic actuators
Researchers have discovered that ferroelectric fluids can harness an overlooked transverse electrostatic force (TEF) to rise ...
A robotic hand capable of rotating a nut on a bolt at super high speed, thanks to it being fully backdrivable and torque ...
While most planes use heat to melt ice that can form on the wing either before takeoff or during flight, the process is ...
A new wave of humanoids is taking on high-mix, low-volume work as factories confront labor gaps and legacy layouts automation ...
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Real-muscle robots gain threefold speed and 30× force with new tendon system
But MIT’s new muscle-tendon system changes that equation by bridging muscle to skeleton more efficiently. And the numbers ...
Unscheduled machine downtime remains one of the biggest challenges in manufacturing. Festo's AX Motion Insights Electric and ...
D-Orbit’s ION vehicles were launched Nov. 28 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The two ION satellite carrier ...
Following the anomaly with Booster 18, SpaceX is pushing ahead with the construction of Booster 19 and the subsequent testing ...
Ferroelectric fluids use a strong transverse electrostatic force to climb 80 mm, enabling lightweight, low-voltage motors and ...
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