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Artificial
InnovationsRobots are safer and softer thanks to new artificial ‘muscles’
Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting — just like a human muscle.
Joshua Shavit![](https://www.thebrighterside.news/uploads/2024/07/robot-1.jpg?auto=webp&auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
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Engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting — just like a human muscle.
Joshua Shavit