Superhuman Muscles Soon

Scientists have designed carbon fibre based artificial muscles that can lit up to 12,600 times their own weight.

Composition - Coils comprised of commercial carbon fibres and reinforced siloxane rubber (polydimethylsiloxane).

Charged By Electricity

• When electrically actuated, the artificial muscles show excellent performance without requiring a high input voltage, according to the study published in the journal Smart Materials and Structures. 
• 0.4 millimetre (mm) diameter muscle bundle is able to lift half a gallon of water by 1.4 inches with only 0.172 volt/centimetre (V/cm) applied voltage. 
• The team transformed carbon fibres, a very strong lightweight material which is commercially available, into artificial muscles.

Applications

• Low cost and light weight artificial muscles can be used for 
• Robotics
• Prosthetics
• Orthotics
• Human assistive devices