Robot Hands Use Artificial Muscles, Environment for a Soft Touch
From: Robotic Business Review - 11/14/2016
By: John Edwards

At Saarland University in Germany, researchers have developed artificial
muscles using shape-memory alloy (SMA) wire. This allows them to create
flexible and lightweight robot grippers for industrial applications and novel
prosthetic devices.

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https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/robot-hands-use-artificial-muscles-environment-soft-touch

Links:
Saarland University Researchers Develop Artificial Hand Made from SMA Wires
http://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/saarland-university-researchers-develop-artificial-hand-made-from-sma-wires.79748

Shape-memory alloy ‘muscle fibres’ give a helping hand to prosthetics
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/issues/march-2015-digi-issue/shape-memory-alloy-muscle-fibres-give-a-helping-hand-to-prosthetics