Several research groups across the United States and Europe have demonstrated that 3D-printed artificial muscles can ...

Humanoid robots have glimmered on the tech horizon for half a century, but each new prototype still triggers Masahiro Mori’s “uncanny valley.” When a machine looks almost, but not quite, human, our ...

Empa researchers are working on producing artificial muscles that can keep up with the real thing. They have now developed a ...

Future robots could soon have a lot more muscle power. Northwestern University engineers have developed a soft artificial muscle, paving the way for untethered animal- and human-scale robots. The new ...

Patrick Danner from Empa's Laboratory for Functional Polymers is working on actuators made of soft materials. Artificial muscles don't just get robots moving: One day, they could support people at ...

Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a network of simple mechanical motors ...

Scientists have developed a network of mechanical motors that mimic the molecular machinery underpinning human muscle ...