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MIT engineers design soft and flexible “skeletons” for muscle-powered robots - EurekAlert


<p>MIT engineers designed modular, spring-like devices to maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid robots. The work was led by MIT Assistant Professor Ritu Raman.</p>

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