Coming From Japan: Synthetic Muscles In The Works

In the past few decades, humanity has been obsessed with making robots more human: first with voice communication, then AI and now synthetic muscles which is what researchers at Suzumori Endo Robotics Laboratory at the Tokyo Institute of Technology plans to do.

Rather that use motors or servos which we see in today's robots, the experinment uses bundles of fibers which contract and expand just like human mucles.  The robot legs has the same amount of muscle mass as a human leg but the Suzumori Endo humanoid cannot walk on it own yet.  This is because unlike human muscular contractions which takes split seconds, the humanoid robots are too slow to self balance now.

So where's all this going? Perhaps a race of tireless factory workers or janitors or the framework of a new generation of cutting edge prothetic limbs.  This among others tell us that the human body is a work of fine craftmanship and a blueprint for which robots can be made.