(A) A summary plot illustrating the elastic modulus range of the artificial muscle compared to representative biological tissues, highlighting the biomimetic mechanical properties of the artificial ...

Innovative artificial muscles made from silicone and equipped with microbubbles can achieve programmable deformation in response to wireless ultrasound activation. Researchers at ETH Zurich have ...

Biological muscles act as flexible actuators, generating force naturally and with an impressive range of motion. Unsurprisingly, scientists and engineers have been striving to build artificial muscles ...

Researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are making strides in developing a synthetic material that mimics ...

(Nanowerk News) Electrically powered artificial muscle fibers (EAMFs) are emerging as a revolutionary power source for advanced robotics and wearable devices. Renowned for their exceptional mechanical ...

A team of scientists at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) has succeeded in creating artificial muscles using 3D printing. The researchers hope that in the ...

Robyn Williams: Remember the Bionic man, overtaking speeding cars, leaping tall buildings, using his hi-tech muscle to leave the rest of us standing. Well, the series on TV is ancient but the Science ...

In a recent article published in Gels, researchers from China developed multilayer porous plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) gel artificial muscles using carbon nanotube-doped 3D-printed silicone ...