Japan’s new hair-thin actuator fiber can help make soft robots, body-conforming wearables
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Researchers created hair-thin fiber actuators using optical fiber manufacturing techniques, with thermoplastic polyurethane that bends and contracts when voltage is applied. These soft fibers can be woven into fabrics for safer robots and wearable devices.
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