A research team from the University of Tokyo and Waseda University that it has developed the largest-ever ¡°biohybrid¡± hand that includes parts made of cultivated human tissue.
Led by Xinzhu Ren and Shoji Takeuchi from the University of Tokyo¡¯s Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, and Yuya Morimoto, an associate professor at Waseda University¡¯s Faculty of Science and Engineering, the team engineered a multijointed robotic hand with movement powered by living muscle tissue, measuring 18 centimeters long, with a palm size of 6 centimeters ¡ª around the same size as a newborn¡¯s ¡ª and five fingers capable of independent motion.
The team¡¯s findings were published .
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