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Artificial hydrogel tendons supercharge muscle-powered robots

It’s not every day that a robot receives an upgrade like a soft, gummy cable, but MIT just made it possible. They did so by ...
Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ligaments beneath the skin.