Robert’s TED Talk on the topic of future silent machines powered by muscles is now online!
The talk at TED2022 has been released on TED.com on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.
In his TED2022 talk, Robert presents his idea to rethink how we make intelligent and silent machines by using artificial muscles instead of motors. Most machines, and particularly robots, are made of rigid metals and plastics and use rotating motors or fast-spinning propellers. But there are no rotating motors in nature. Nature uses muscles to wiggle, walk, or run smoothly. Muscles combined with soft materials are adaptive and safe to use in our daily lives. Future machines made of contracting muscles have the potential to become more sustainable, nature-preserving, and less noisy than what we have today.
Robert and his research group create new generations of robots with silent artificial muscles. These muscles directly transform electrical energy into contractions. Imagine a submarine that has no more propellers but instead swims by moving its deformable tail from side to side, just like a real fish. That’s the kind of system we are looking into. We also have started to print, grow, and control real muscles from living cells. These lab-grown muscles are derived from natural resources, which makes them a great candidate for sustainable biomimetic machines that one day will safely integrate with us and also decrease emissions and pollution.
If you like to learn more, check out Robert's talk at TED2022: external pagego.ted.com/robertkatzschmann
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