Robot muscle material combines damage resistance and self-healing, researcher plans to scale up
MarwaEldiwiny · x · 2026-08-03
Researcher Ian Pritchard is developing a robotic muscle material that combines damage resistance and self-healing. Made primarily of silicone, it withstands crushing and squishing without damage, though embedded permanent magnets remain a weak point, to be mitigated with distributed magnetic particles. Plans to scale up sample size and share a video.
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