What is it about?
Highly Twisted Artificial Muscles (HTAMs) are a young category of artificial muscles, obtained by simple twisting of inexpensive fibers. This review paper aims to provide an extensive overview on HTAMs in terms of working mechanism, manufacturing, modeling, and applications. Challenges and future directions in this field are also discussed to encourage transformative research on this topic.
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Why is it important?
Lightweight and single-component artificial muscles represent a promising alternative to conventional actuators for several applications requiring a large power/weight ratio, including modern soft and assistive robotics. Highly Twisted Artificial Muscles (HTAMs) are a relatively young category of artificial muscles, introduced only in 2011. Considering their young age, there is still a lack of awareness in the scientific community on what has been accomplished so far in this field and what are current challenges and limitations. This paper aims to fill this gap by providing an extensive review on the state of the art of Highly Twisted Artificial Muscles (HTAMs).
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This page is a summary of: Perspective on highly twisted artificial muscles, Applied Physics Letters, January 2023, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0133971.
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