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SUBMITTER: Raman R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4822586 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raman Ritu R Cvetkovic Caroline C Uzel Sebastien G M SG Platt Randall J RJ Sengupta Parijat P Kamm Roger D RD Bashir Rashid R
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20160314 13
Complex biological systems sense, process, and respond to their surroundings in real time. The ability of such systems to adapt their behavioral response to suit a range of dynamic environmental signals motivates the use of biological materials for other engineering applications. As a step toward forward engineering biological machines (bio-bots) capable of nonnatural functional behaviors, we created a modular light-controlled skeletal muscle-powered bioactuator that can generate up to 300 µN (0 ...[more]