Distributed Live Muscle Actuators Controlled by Optical Stimuli

A multi degree of freedom skeletal muscle system stimulated via optical control is presented. These millimeter-scale, optically excitable 3D skeletal muscle bio-actuators are created by culturing genetically modified precursory muscle cells that are activated with light: optogenetics. These muscle b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sakar, Mahmut Selman, Neal, Devin M, Asada, Haruhiko
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: ASME International 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118949
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-6223