Artificial robotic muscles: Science Robotics chooses research by Sant'Anna School, University of Trento, University of Linz on new, more stable and efficient actuators using innovative material combinations for Editor's Choice article

Science Robotics has chosen a study coordinated by the Sant'Anna School as Editor's Choice for the December edition. The study, published in Nature Electronics in November 2023, is a collaboration between the international research groups of Marco Fontana, associate professor of Applied Mechanics of the Institute of Mechanical Intelligence of the Sant'Anna School, and Martin Kaltenbrunner, professor of the Physics of Matter of the Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
The study on robotic artificial muscles presents a new method for designing more stable and efficient actuators with reduced energy consumption.

The Editor's Choice articles of the journal Science Robotics are short notes introducing articles of exceptional quality and considerable interest, selected by the Editorial Board among recent publications in the field of robotics.
This choice confirms the importance and topicality of research on actuators for advanced performance robots, i.e. lightweight devices that efficiently use electrical energy to generate motion or forces.

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