Scaling up biohybrid robots has been difficult due to the weak contractile force of lab-grown muscles, the risk of necrosis ...

"It's all too easy to over-stress muscles in the hands from typing, writing, or working on your cell phone. Injuries and overuse can send inflammatory chemicals throughout the hands, contributing ...

We probably don’t think twice about how important our fingers are until they have trouble functioning, writes Napa fitness ...

Researchers in Japan have taken a major step forward in biohybrid robotics by developing a hand powered by lab-grown muscle tissue. A collaborative effort between the University of Tokyo and ...

The hand is made of a 3D-printed plastic base, with tendons of human muscle tissue moving the fingers. Until now, biohybrid ...

Use of DYNE-101 is leading to improvements in muscle, and specifically finger, function in myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients ...

"It's a bit like interlacing your fingers," explains Empa researcher Patrick Danner. If an electrical voltage is applied to the electrodes, the actuator contracts like a muscle. When the voltage ...

How it's made The hand features 'Multiple Muscle Tissue Actuators' (MuMuTAs), thin strands of lab-grown human muscle tissue rolled into bundles resembling sushi rolls. These MuMuTAs act as ...