Trends in Robotics
Ultrastrong Carbon-Nanotube Muscles
added Fri Dec 08 09:36 2006 ET from Technology Review
Artificial muscles made from carbon nanotubes are 100 times stronger than human muscle, and someday they could be useful for prosthetic limbs, microscale machines, and robots.
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