MIT engineers developed a way to grow artificial tissues that look and act like their natural counterparts.
MIT engineers developed a new stamping method to grow artificial muscle tissue that flexes in multiple directions, mimicking natural muscle movement. This allows for the creation of biohybrid robots with enhanced range of motion. The artificial muscle structure, demonstrated with an iris-like design, pulls concentrically and radially. This approach can be used to grow complex patterns of muscle and other biological tissues for various applications, including neuromuscular injury restoration and soft robotics.
