Australian engineers create smart textile which acts like biological muscle - Nation Thailand

A team of biomedical engineers in Australia have developed a smart textile which incorporates artificial 'muscles', in the hopes that it will revolutionise the future of soft robotics and wearable exoskeletons.

The team demonstrated the shape-morphing flexibility of the material to Reuters, with models of a butterfly and flower made from the textile, performing complex motions in their lab. Team leader Tha… [+1182 chars]

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