# The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMileHigh
- Speaker: Christoph Keplinger
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/christoph_keplinger_the_artificial_muscles_that_will_power_robots_of_the_future)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/christoph_keplinger_the_artificial_muscles_that_will_power_robots_of_the_future/d47a1222f0d1), 11 min (TED's player)