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The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future

Christoph Keplinger · TED

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Robot brains are getting smarter and smarter, but their bodies are often still clunky and unwieldy. Mechanical engineer Christoph Keplinger is designing a new generation of soft, agile robot inspired by a masterpiece of evolution: biological muscle. See these "artificial muscles" expand and contract like the real thing and reach superhuman speeds -- and learn how they could power prosthetics that are stronger and more efficient than human limbs.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxMileHigh
Speaker
Christoph Keplinger
Year
2018
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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