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Using a new initiative, MIT researchers were able to use flexible skeletons for bio-hybrid robots.

Using modular and spring-like skeletons, biohybrid bots can be equipped with flexible skeletons. MIT engineers are trying to use this new initiative to enhance the ability of soft robots in a special way.

Muscle fibers are stronger and more accurate than artificial stimuli and can treat injuries. MIT engineers plan to use natural muscles to power robots. The researchers have developed a spring-like device that acts as a skeletal module and makes it possible for muscle robots to use. This device called Flexor is designed to be able to get the most work from any muscle tissue after being connected to it. So this device will naturally increase muscle movement as a weight-appropriate leg press.

According to the researchers, by placing a ring of muscle tissue on this machine, the muscle will be stretched like a rubber band, causing the spring to pull off. This new device has the ability to combine with other flexors as a constituent element and can eventually lead to the configuration of artificial skeletons. Skeletons can be built to fit muscle tissues and boost the movement of robots.

Ritu Raman of the study says flexors act like a skeleton in a robot and can change muscle stimulation in a very predictable way to varying degrees of freedom of movement. The researchers also plan to introduce some new rules related to the skeleton built to robotics experts, allowing them to build strong, precise robots with the right muscles to do interesting things.