{"id":21089,"date":"2024-09-24T00:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T07:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=21089"},"modified":"2024-09-24T00:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T07:37:40","slug":"artificial-leg-muscles-mean-one-thing-catgirls-who-can-run-dance-and-skip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/09\/24\/artificial-leg-muscles-mean-one-thing-catgirls-who-can-run-dance-and-skip\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Leg Muscles Mean One Thing: Catgirls Who Can Run, Dance, And Skip"},"content":{"rendered":"

     The development of technology from crude robot automata to more complex and humanlike bodies has seen developments, such as artificial living skin<\/a> and artificial wombs<\/a>, now includes artificial leg muscles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cResearchers said on Monday they had designed the first robotic leg with \u2018artificial muscles\u2019 — oil-filled bags allowing machines to move more like humans — that can jump nimbly across a range of surfaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe small, disembodied robot leg was shown hopping over grass, sand and rocks in a video released alongside a new study in Nature Communications.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     Breakthroughs such as this replicates<\/a> how human movement works and can can contract and relax similar to human muscles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Swiss-led team of researchers was inspired by the 600 muscles in the human body to create something that can walk and jump in a more fluid, agile manner.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo do this, they used \u2018artificial muscles\u2019, also known as electrohydraulic actuators.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese soft actuators, which resemble freezer bags, are filled with oil and have electrodes attached.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way the liquid contracts and expands allows the technology to more closely mimic animal muscles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe electrostatic system also means that when the robot knee is in a bent position, such as a person would have when squatting, the system uses less electricity than traditional motors, the study said.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     This certainly would make it easier to develop efficient “spider” tanks that can walk over hilly and rough terrain.<\/p>\n

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     While this can result in energy efficient robots, more importantly the ability to simulate human muscles means we are closer to cyborg catgirls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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     Now, catgirls and other kemonomimi cyborgs can run, frolic, and even skip around happily.<\/p>\n

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     They\u2019ll be able to even dance and leap about.<\/p>\n