Skeleton Robot With Human-Like Muscles

Researchers Create Skeleton Robot with Human-Like Muscles (+Video)

The strands of muscles work just like the real thing

Billy Steele | July 14, 2016

If robots that mimic animal or human behavior are your nightmare fuel, turn away now. Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology went one step further with a skeleton robot, giving it human-like muscles to help with movement. The microfilament muscle "tissues" connect to joints and expand/contract just like the real thing. In fact, the robot has the same number of muscles in its legs as we do. At this point, they're not very strong and though the strands help with smoother movements, the skeleton still requires assistance to walk.

(Japanese researchers build robot with most humanlike muscle-skeleton structure yet (w/ video). Decenber 12, 2012) Source: http://phys.org/news/2012-12-japanese-robot-humanlike-muscle-skeleton-video.html

[Click on link to access video] (Researchers create skeleton robot with human-like muscles. The strands of muscles work just like the real thing. July 14, 2016) Source: https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/14/skeleton-robot-human-like-muscles/

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