Trevor Blackwell warns that MIT's new motor-free artificial muscles run at 1% efficiency, requiring 100x larger batteries
The fibers contract silently using electrohydrodynamic fluidic pumps.
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Yishan@yishan
Link to more info: https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/electrofluidicmuscle/overview/
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They finally figured out muscle fibers for robots so we can stop using motors.
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Bojan Tunguz@tunguz
@yishan Meh, there are similar claims by various labs every few years. AFAIK, none of these solutions ever made into the production systems.
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They finally figured out muscle fibers for robots so we can stop using motors.
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Trevor Blackwell@tlbtlbtlb
@yishan Read the fine print before giving up on motors. Efficiency of the pumps is around 1%, so you need a 100x bigger battery.
Yishan@yishan
They finally figured out muscle fibers for robots so we can stop using motors.
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