Are we going to be transformed in to robots?
The artificial muscles that could lead to smart clothes that adjust to the heat (and a new generation of superstrong robots)
- Researchers say their new yarn has a multitude of uses
- The muscles can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more power than the same size human muscle
They might not be able to make you into Superman but newly invented super-strong, artificial muscles could bring science fiction technology to life.
Super strong robots, clothes that get warmer when it’s cold and blinds that close themselves when it’s sunny are just some of the artificial muscles’ potential uses, say the technology’s creators.
Made from nanotech yarns and infused with paraffin wax, the muscles can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more power than the same size human muscle.
The artificial muscles are yarns constructed from carbon nanotubes – seamless, hollow cylinders made from the same type of graphite layers found in the core of ordinary pencils.