Architected Soft Actuators for Artificial Musculoskeletal Systems.

ABSTRACT: Vertebrates depend on their musculoskeletal system for locomotion, manipulation, interaction with their environment, and more. The robustness and efficiency of animal locomotion are difficult to achieve in robots because their hardware does not replicate the mechanics and performance of animal bodies. Moreover, many state-of-the-art soft actuators are ill-suited as muscles in artificial musculoskeletal systems for deployable, task-capable robots. This study presents an electrically-driven, architected soft actuator that can be assembled into artificial musculoskeletal systems. The fully 3D printed actuators linearly extend and contract through the rotation of an integrated servo motor. They comprise a thermoplastic polyurethane handed shearing auxetic (HSA) and origami bellows structure. T

SUBMITTER: Kim T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12574648 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature