Soft Robots That Mimic Human Muscles
From: R&D Magazine - 10/12/2016

An EPFL team is developing soft, flexible and reconfigurable robots.
Air-actuated, they behave like human muscles and may be used in physical
rehabilitation. They are made of low-cost materials and could easily be
produced on a large scale.

Potential applications for these robots include patient rehabilitation,
handling fragile objects, biomimetic systems and home care.

Researchers at EPFL's Reconfigurable Robotics Lab (RRL) have developed soft
robots for medical purposes. This work is described in Soft Robotics. One of
their designs is a belt made of several inflatable components, which holds
patients upright during rehabilitation exercises and guides their movements.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.rdmag.com/news/2016/10/soft-robots-mimic-human-muscles
https://www.ecnmag.com/news/2016/10/soft-robots-mimic-human-muscles
https://www.mdtmag.com/article/2016/10/soft-robots-mimic-human-muscles
http://actu.epfl.ch/news/soft-robots-that-mimic-human-muscles

Links:
Reconfigurable Robotics Lab
http://rrl.epfl.ch

Soft Robots That Mimic Human Muscles (video 1:37)
https://youtu.be/p-u7tudZAR4?list=PLDyJD9pi5YiSQsmGe-WKQ8IJeFhxpl3rg