Twisting and Braiding Soft Artificial Muscles

[@calvingoodall2065]

It would be interesting to make clothing that expanded to be put on and contracted to be perfectly fitting.

[@michaeldo1860]

Great idea, Calvin! My team is working on this which is expected to release soon!

[@faber_3285]

All sizes fits all..? XD

[@agreenplasticwateringcan]

@@faber_3285 well I'm worried it won't fit your mother

[@kingmasterlord]

universal shoes. make them look like piccolo's shoes from dragon Ball z

[@PatrickBergersen]

@@michaeldo1860 this is awesome,

[@sethdrake7551]

This reminds me a bit of those adaptive splint things from The Expanse. Probably could also be used for strength augmenting clothing of some sort without needing any kind of exoskeleton to support the structure.

[@binaryspace6444]

Indeed! I saw that too

[@alexanderwoolley1623]

probably the best application for this would be in augmented reality, VR gloves usually just use wire attached to gloves to act as potentiometers and hold the fingers back to simulate grabbing objects. Implement this technology into a glove and you could easily build an augmented reality gloves with a headset that simulate holding real objects, very cool.

[@memesfromdeepspace1075]

And of course flesh light ...........thats your direction right 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ukaszanioowski9722]

@@memesfromdeepspace1075 not everything is designed around porn u know? actually never fucking mind, most of it is anyway

[@RurouniHiro]

This could also be used on the arms, legs and torso to help simulate pressure and compression touch. (Like touching a wall and feel the push back along your hand and arm. Or feeling someone rest a hand on you.

[@alexanderwoolley1623]

@@memesfromdeepspace1075 no not really, there's been a lot of development in VR technology simulating the grabbing of objects, both the position of the fingers and restriction of joints being formed into one system is quite challenging, and usually results in clunky designs that offer very little practicality. However with this artificial muscle you could weave a webbing of it in something similar to a baseballers catching glove to be able to simulate the holding of objects and the position of hand movement in VR, allowing for far more compact designs. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5uXmaSIgM6sbsk here's an example of the gloves.

[@cokecan6169]

Even better. Integrated with VR tech you could remotely operate dexterous tasks with much more delicacy and precision.

[@jsmdnq]

I'm pretty sure the reason why the braiding stretches more is simply because the strands are longer. Same as with a spring. It's not anything special. Just simple coefficient of expansion * length at work.

[@mantexas9033]

What kind of braided sleeving do you think is used here?

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

Exactly.

[@garlottos]

Looks a lot better than the pouch type fluid muscles I've seen, and the applications are pretty neat. The grabbers at the end remind me of the pipe lining thing they do with the inflatable tube

[@aaaaaa-lt2tl]

Hey guys guess what the compression sleeve is going to be used for

[@BBWahoo]

Penis Enhancement

[@erikiacopelli451]

had to save this video cuz that is giving me GREAT ideas for something I wanna build. thanks

[@azeddineabdoune814]

Incredible! good work!

[@Corksy]

I can see this used for fast compression in case of injuries or to stabilise a broken limb. If you cover them in some bullet proof material, you could have slip-on armor. Imagine people in slaughterhouses who use chain mail gloves, you could have one size fits all type of gloves adapting to each person using them during a 3 shift day . The applications seem endless.

[@michaeldo1860]

This is great suggestion, thanks Corksy

[@chaomatic5328]

Problem is, how expensive will it be?

[@gubenuben2]

@@chaomatic5328 when it becomes bettter it will become cheaper, and as corksy suggested one glove probably wont cost too much when you can have one glove for more than one person.

[@originaljoke4502]

@@chaomatic5328 the shell cartridge wasnt viable until 40 years after its invention because of the cost to manufacture them at the time. often the final thing you need to do is give it time

[@M1Ndl3Ss_as_it_gets]

that Chinese finger trap is versatile!

[@Linrox]

Interesting. Would like to see more on this

[@battlecraftsteve8574]

From the look of it, they have multiple tube to inflate and contract the thing I wonder if you can adjust the pressure of each tube so you can allow it to bend and and have more control over the shape of it. like an adruino that stop each valve accordingly with motor applying pressure on the tube. That will be neat.

[@sourdoughbornsourdoughbred4712]

The music made this great

[@simonezotta2454]

Looks perfect for semi pressurized spacesuits!

[@xryz]

Could combine this with a stroker or even add to a robot to allow for recreational use.

[@Fanears]

Oh, good, I'm not the only one that thought though.

[@wiredvibe1678]

man and i thought i was a genius

[@Omniescience]

Very nice

[@ben_p6615]

Damn imagine this technology advancing to the point that you could build entire body parts out of it

[@toygartumer7385]

how do they work?

[@billybobjoe4062]

*_Nahh it’s gonna be the new auto-fit shoes from Back to the Future_*

[@kieranpat]

ok who's making the first terminator?

[@totallynormalhuman4695]

is this just made of break line, spring, and little knots? i suppose anything could be however

[@mazambo2267]

What is this material?

[@biblicallyaccurateangel2476]

imagine being able to make powerful and realistic looking artificial wings… that would transform the world of cosplay, realistic drones, victorias secret angels, and so much more…

[@jordyv.703]

How were those longitudinal muscles made?

[@Duckface998]

What are these made of?

[@CyborusYT]

very interesting! commercial or academic, patented or no?

[@michaeldo1860]

Already patented

[@openlink9958]

what is it being used for contraction? a pump sending liquid through the tubes?

[@michaeldo1860]

A syringe is used. Increase of pressure will elongate the muscle while decrease of pressure will shorten the muscle (or contraction)

[@beaclaster]

@@michaeldo1860 what kind of material elongates without expanding

[@Suthriel]

@@beaclaster A flexible tube, that is surrounded by a spring ^.^ Or the other way round, a spring, that is surrounded by a flexible tube. There is a video here on youtube called "Origami Inspired Artificial Muscles", there you can see it at the 50 seconds mark.

[@beaclaster]

@@Suthriel pretty sure they're different

[@Suthriel]

@@beaclaster Not really, since they showed a diagram on their Twitter, where it shows the Micro-Tubule in a Microcoil ^.^ I just have no clue about how to link it, without KZbin either blocking/hiding or outright deleting the comment.

[@BHARGAV_GAJJAR]

Cool music where is the fluidic power source and if you are looking for a job look at my company these are kind of things I do

[@panareasy6749]

Let's do battlemech with that now

[@andrewtheanimenerd]

We need to invest in GM so they can make fusion engines

[@SochiRochi]

Can we replace this with the claw in the gaming machine please?

[@captain0080]

Maka a giant robot with them and you start the Battletech timeline in real life.

[@colmenasio5542]

fuck it. springlock suits really be dropping soon

[@gabef9538]

Imagine a Halloween costume based on that design. Hand inside a fake heart. Fingers in pulsing arteries. Thumb in a fake worm that pulses at half the frequency. Fake hand attached to the back of the hand with the fake fingers designed to squeeze the hand softly.

[@Zuckerkome]

Really cool video, but next time please without the music

[@ahmedelbarqy4849]

Can I order it ? or can I make it ? I really wanna test alot of stuff with it

[@SP-ny1fk]

You just know what this will actually be used for.

[@jonathanseagraves8140]

AH! Was thinking the same thing.

[@adrien5568]

Why don't we see the pumps?

[@danielrussell2959]

I really want to buy these mucles where do I find them

[@AKG58Z]

What are these things, well I means what materials

[@axelkusanagi4139]

They called me the tubular gripper in high school

[@dwsel]

Once again - the nature has already the best solutions.

[@gabrielevalentini5905]

i like corona virus too

[@dwsel]

@@gabrielevalentini5905 lol wut?

[@mateiradu5109]

Is the paper freely available anywhere?

[@michaeldo1860]

See this link www.medicalrobotics-lab.com/publications.html

[@EmeraldView]

I for one welcome our new muscular robot overlords. 😬

[@olegallito5742]

So uhhhh is that compression sleeve for sale.. Asking for uh a science project

[@erice.3468]

Do you want mechas? Because this is how you get mechas.

[@azimalif266]

Crysis exo suit someday.

[@M-CH_]

Tubular!

[@haxmax213]

Lol I see why you put the AA in quotes 😭🤣

[@GatlinsFuckinCornfield]

The tubular muscle structure could easily be used in some doc ock arms lol

[@superitgel1]

humanoid robots needs this

[@AmuhAje]

Why isn't there a link to the paper?

[@michaeldo1860]

You can access it via this link www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/soro.2021.0040

[@J_gumbainia]

Link?.

[@michaeldo1860]

Thanks. Can find from my lab here: www.medicalrobotics-lab.com/publications.html

[@samuelnedelec3955]

Bonjour 👋 est-ce-que les robots 🤖 peuvent ressentir la douleur et le touché ? Merci ++

[@philipandrew9107]

Can I buy an artificial muscle?

[@gamesbond6143]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n36weJmwjr2qd7c maybe you can buy this

[@michaeldo1860]

It is not available for sale yet ;)

[@JonNargodian]

Cool tech, BAD sound track... try something subdued next time.

[@ano_nym]

It's a finger... I saw something completely different in the thumbnail...

[@jcbilbao5679]

1 step closer to CryNet Nano Suit Maximum Hype Engaged

[@gabrielcastejon7914]

This felt longer than 1:18 minutes

[@pottedplant3125]

compression sleeve. Hehe

[@Scott.E.H]

Manage to get these things even smaller somehow and we could probably have honest to God biomimetic artificial muscles for use in various things

[@YouW0n]

Boys be like: hmmm... Interesting

[@zapperdoom4812]

myomers are real!!!!

[@whatwhy4147]

there's a reason why i haven't change my pfp for a while... oh you dirty?

[@badreality2]

Oh, I get it. You use this, when your girlfriend is too tired!

[@johjoh978]

😏

[@haniefknight]

Hello bro, is there any PhD Program for continuing this project? im interested in artificial muscle for robotics :D

[@michaeldo1860]

Can you visit my lab and send me your CV www.medicalrobotics-lab.com/openings.html

[@bienspasser9054]

hear me out

[@johndoe-uy4ol]

ok now hear me out ...

[@quasiportal6138]

Peristaltic movement comes to mind when I see the way it pulsates. I wonder if a brain interface could give AI feedback into how much pleasure is felt in order to produce certain movement patterns that adjust to the wearers experience. Such line of smart sex toys could be an interesting direction, a first of its kind that might become a staple like the Hitachi magic wand or the Fleshlight. Considering the Hitachi magic wand started as a muscle relief a similar direction could also be interesting, a first idea that comes to mind would be a smart vest with the back portion being a grid interlaced with vibrating bullets sort of like accupressure points, or maybe perhaps suction cups, with the capability of adjusting to feedback from some sort of brain interface for optimal pressure, vibration, temperature, patterns, tightness, adherence... Being able to relieve a muscle in the best possible way will always have room for improvement... Massage and wellness wearables for the office... Perhaps something for people that stand all day as well, anti varicose smart compression socks perhaps that detect and correct spider veins... So many ideas. I wish to see the full possibilities being explored, my shoulders are killing me, maybe a posture collar that rewarded good gait with a nice massage...

[@isaacscott8771]

down horrendous

[@quasiportal6138]

@@isaacscott8771 Well, it's all inert matter, it's better than catching aids and some people don't want a flesh and blood partner for life but simply need their needs met after a 16h work day.

[@popeopera]

Pay attention Fleshlight...😁

[@elyakimlev]

These are powered pneumatically, right? Booorrring. An impractical gimmick. Show me one that shrinks and expands by applying less than 10 volts. That would be awesome. I'm beginning mechanical engineering studies. Hopefully, within a couple of years the right technology will emerge for me to build my own humanoid.

[@sode565]

could this music be any louder and annoying, holy fuck . . .

[@shanebluebutterfly]

Weak