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
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