Muscle-Powered Biohybrid Robots: Fabrication Strategies, Applications, and Future Challenges (IMAGE)

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

Muscle-Powered Biohybrid Robots: Fabrication Strategies, Applications, and Future Challenges

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Muscle cell powered biohybrid robots, including jellyfish, worm, fish, and butterfly based models, and the main factors influencing their performance. It also illustrates fabrication techniques, biomedical applications, current challenges, and future prospects discussed in the article.

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By Niyou Wang§, Yipei Yang§, Zahra Rezaei, María José Veana Hernández, Kannan Govindaraj, Carolina Vazquez Garzon, Marina Colin, Alan de Jesus Alarcon Rodríguez, Alvaro Dario Martinez Blanco, Jose Joaquin Velasco, Jihyun Lee, Jeong-Woo Choi and Su Ryon Shin*.

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