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05/11/2018 / By David Williams

Now they can hold you: Researchers develop robot arms with artificial muscles that can tense and relax like real muscles do

One of the things that would mark the beginning of a new era for robots is the development of a highly effective way for them to have a better grip on things. After all, the fact that humans have opposable thumbs – which gave us the ability to hold onto things in ways that animals can’t […]

01/09/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Researchers have developed “artificial muscles” with superhuman speed and strength, and the ability to self-heal

Forget cold, metal shells — the robots of the tomorrow could be covered in soft, artificial muscles. That’s certainly what researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder appear to be working towards. Taking inspiration from organic muscle, the team of scientists has come up with robotic muscles that combine incredible strength and impressive flexibility. On […]

10/01/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Scientists develop Terminator robot “super strength” material that could allow military hunter-killers to strangle you to death

It seems as though the more we experiment with robotics, the more the classic 1984 film Terminator becomes something much more than just a fictional story produced in Hollywood. Scientists today have found ways to develop robots that can speak and think in ways eerily similar to those of real human beings, robotic animals that […]

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