Water-Powered Humanoid Robot Unveiled with Lifelike Muscles and Anatomy

Sep 18, 2025
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Summary

Engineers unveil a water-powered humanoid robot with lifelike muscles, tendons, and ligaments that mimic human anatomy, allowing over 200 degrees of freedom and natural motion through a hydraulic 'heart' pumping water to move the artificial muscles.

Key Points

  • Engineers reveal water-powered humanoid robot uses artificial muscles with tendons and ligaments mimicking human anatomy
  • Robot's monolithic muscle-tendon structures allow over 200 degrees of freedom and lifelike motion
  • Startup Clone Robotics releases full-scale synthetic human prototype with hydraulic 'heart' pumping water to move muscles

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