A robot arm can mimic the movements of a human one, thanks to a device that measures muscle activity. Muscle sensors are typically embedded in the tissue, but the flexible device created by Ifor ...

Being able to actuate parts of a prosthetic limb can make it much more useful. To help in this goal for partial arm or hand amputees, [TURFPTAx] has developed a sensor for detecting forearm muscle ...

(Nanowerk News) Neurobiologists from the University of Leicester have shown that insect limbs can move without muscles – a finding that may provide engineers with new ways to improve the control of ...

Neurobiologists have shown that insect limbs can move without muscles -- a finding that may provide engineers with new ways to improve the control of robotic and prosthetic limbs. Neurobiologists from ...

Engineers working to add "muscle sense" to prosthetic limbs found that tactile feedback on the skin allowed blindfolded test subjects to more than double their ability to discern the size of objects ...

Scientists have created a robot fish that swims using a low-cost artificial muscle that could one-day be used to develop prosthetic limbs. The researchers, from the University of Science and ...