Actuators (Jun 2022)

Biorobotics: An Overview of Recent Innovations in Artificial Muscles

  • Matthew Craddock,
  • Emmanuel Augustine,
  • Sam Konerman,
  • Minchul Shin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/act11060168
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 6
p. 168

Abstract

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In this overview of recent developments in the field of biorobotics we cover the developments in materials such as the use of polyester fabric being used as artificial skin and the start of whole new ways to actuate artificial muscles as a whole. In this, we discuss all of the relevant innovations from the fields of nano and microtechnology, as well as in the field of soft robotics to summarize what has been over the last 4 years and what could be improved for artificial muscles in the future. The goal of this paper will be to gain a better understanding of where the current field of biorobotics is at and what its current trends in manufacturing and its techniques are within the last several years.

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