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