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These things always start off large and gradually get smaller (and often miniaturization is where the really interesting optimizations come), apparently this ap
by micromacrofoot 5y ago
These things always start off large and gradually get smaller (and often miniaturization is where the really interesting optimizations come), apparently this apparatus can already fit roughly within a human-sized body... which isn't a bad start.
- fho 5y agoWhile this definitely is an impressive an impressive one, those artificial pneumatic muscles have been around for ages [1] but have not become much smaller. My guess would be that there is some physical limit on how useful they can be. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_artificial_muscles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_artificial_muscles
- micromacrofoot 5y agoPhysics certainly makes fools of us all.