Strain-programmable fiber-based artificial muscle.

ABSTRACT: Artificial muscles may accelerate the development of robotics, haptics, and prosthetics. Although advances in polymer-based actuators have delivered unprecedented strengths, producing these devices at scale with tunable dimensions remains a challenge. We applied a high-throughput iterative fiber-drawing technique to create strain-programmable artificial muscles with dimensions spanning three orders of magnitude. These fiber-based actuators are thermally and optically controllable, can lift more than 650 times their own weight, and withstand strains of >1000%. Integration of conductive nanowire meshes within these fiber-based muscles offers piezoresistive strain feedback and demonstrates long-term resilience across >10⁵ deformation cycles. The scalable dimensions of these fiber-b

SUBMITTER: Kanik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262675 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature