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Torsional artificial muscles

Materials Horizons, 2020
Torsional actuators are of potential application in areas that include smart textiles, exoskeletons, microfluidic mixing, microsensors, photonic displays, and energy-harvesting devices.
Shazed Aziz, Geoffrey M. Spinks
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Toward stronger artificial muscles

Science Robotics, 2023
Theoretical framework uses dielectric parameters to increase force output of electrostatic multilayer systems.
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Fuel-Powered Artificial Muscles

Science, 2006
Artificial muscles and electric motors found in autonomous robots and prosthetic limbs are typically battery-powered, which severely restricts the duration of their performance and can necessitate long inactivity during battery recharge. To help solve these problems, we demonstrated two types of artificial muscles that convert the chemical energy of ...
Von Howard, Ebron, Zhiwei, Yang, Daniel J, Seyer, Mikhail E, Kozlov, Jiyoung, Oh, Hui, Xie, Joselito, Razal, Lee J, Hall, John P, Ferraris, Alan G, Macdiarmid, Ray H, Baughman   +10 more
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Hydraulic artificial muscles

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2012
This article presents hydraulic artificial muscles as a viable alternative to pneumatic artificial muscles. Despite the actuation mechanism being similar to its pneumatic counterpart, hydraulic artificial muscles have not been widely studied. Hydraulic artificial muscles offer all the same advantages of pneumatic artificial muscles, such as compliance,
Rashi Tiwari, Michael A Meller, Karl B Wajcs, Caris Moses, Ismael Reveles, Ephrahim Garcia   +5 more
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Air‐Working Electrochromic Artificial Muscles

Advanced Materials, 2023
AbstractArtificial muscles are indispensable components for next‐generation robotics to mimic the sophisticated movements of living systems and provide higher output energies when compared with real muscles. However, artificial muscles actuated by electrochemical ion injection have problems with single actuation properties and difficulties in stable ...
Yong Ling, Linpeng Li, Junhao Liu, Kerui Li, Chengyi Hou, Qinghong Zhang, Yaogang Li, Hongzhi Wang   +7 more
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Onion artificial muscles

Applied Physics Letters, 2015
Artificial muscles are soft actuators with the capability of either bending or contraction/elongation subjected to external stimulation. However, there are currently no artificial muscles that can accomplish these actions simultaneously. We found that the single layered, latticed microstructure of onion epidermal cells after acid treatment became ...
Chien-Chun Chen, Wen-Pin Shih, Pei-Zen Chang, Hsi-Mei Lai, Shing-Yun Chang, Pin-Chun Huang, Huai-An Jeng   +6 more
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A Liquid Metal Artificial Muscle

Advanced Materials, 2021
AbstractArtificial muscles possess a vast potential in accelerating the development of robotics, exoskeletons, and prosthetics. Although a variety of emerging actuator technologies are reported, they suffer from several issues, such as high driving voltages, large hysteresis, and water intolerance.
Jian Shu, Du‐An Ge, Erlong Wang, Hongtai Ren, Tim Cole, Shi‐Yang Tang, Xiangpeng Li, Xiangbo Zhou, Rongjie Li, Hu Jin, Weihua Li, Michael D. Dickey, Shiwu Zhang   +12 more
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Pressurized artificial muscles

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2011
Pressurized artificial muscles are reviewed. These actuators consist of stiff reinforcing fibers surrounding an elastomeric bladder and operate using a pressurized internal fluid. The pressurized artificial muscles, known as McKibben actuators or flexible matrix composite actuators, can be applied to a wide array of applications, including prosthetics/
Zhiye Zhang, Michael Philen
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Torsional Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles

Science, 2011
Carbon nanotube yarns are used to make fast, multirotational torsional actuators.
Foroughi, Javad, Spinks, Geoffrey M, Wallace, G G, Oh, Jiyoung, Kozlov, Mikhail E, Fang, S, Mirfakhrai, Tissaphern, Madden, John D, Shin, Min-Kyoon, Kim, Seon Jeong, Baughman, Ray H   +10 more
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Unraveling DNA inspires artificial muscle

Science Robotics, 2021
Super-contractile artificial muscle that is inspired by DNA generates more work than skeletal muscle.
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