Programmable Multi-Scale Fluidic Artificial Muscles and Pistons

This invention describes an artificial muscle that moves by changing its internal pressure. It uses a flexible outer skin to contain a collapsible inner skeleton. When a pump or fan changes the fluid pressure inside, the skin pulls on the skeleton, causing the muscle to expand or contract.

Why it matters: Since 2018, advancements in accessible microcontrollers and open-source robotics platforms have simplified programming complex manipulators. Progress in flexible material science and advanced manufacturing could also make multi-scale components easier to realize.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedCustom mechanics, control software, pump

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