Mar 6, 2016
New Metal Can Become Soft and Stiff Just Like Human Muscles
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, engineering, robotics/AI, transportation
This looks very promising.
The human body is designed pretty well: Our muscles are able to switch between strength and dexterity, limbs stiffening when we do an energy-fueled task like lifting a bowling ball and softening when we do something delicate like painting with a brush. This ability is very rarely replicated in engineering systems, namely because it’s expensive, but also because it’s been damn hard to clone.
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