EnixLHQ
03-22-2009, 06:42 PM
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/03/flexing-carbon-nanotube-muscles.ars
Artificial muscles are likely to be essential components of robotics, prosthetic limbs, and a variety of micro-machinery. Quite a few designs are out there, involving materials like carbon nanotubes and silicon elastomers but, to one degree or another, these usually fail to operate as well as natural human muscles. In today’s issue of Science, University of Texas at Dallas scientists led by Ray Baughman report on a new type of muscle that dramatically outperforms biological ones in nearly every way.
Artificial muscles are likely to be essential components of robotics, prosthetic limbs, and a variety of micro-machinery. Quite a few designs are out there, involving materials like carbon nanotubes and silicon elastomers but, to one degree or another, these usually fail to operate as well as natural human muscles. In today’s issue of Science, University of Texas at Dallas scientists led by Ray Baughman report on a new type of muscle that dramatically outperforms biological ones in nearly every way.