Inspired by origami, scientists build artificial muscle that lifts 1,000 times its own weight
by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
Nov 28, 2017
2 minutes
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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have developed a variety of origami-inspired artificial muscles that can lift up to a thousand times their own weight - and yet be dexterous enough to grip and raise a delicate flower.
The devices, described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer a new way to give soft
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