Printing Artificial Muscles | Fergal Coulter | TEDxWarwick

After working as a freelance system designer and printmaker, Fergal Coulter specialises in designing a system capable of 4D printing silicone artificial muscles. His team has been exploring how advanced 3D printing technology can create structures that induce a change in form.

After working as a freelance system designer, printmaker and musician, Fergal Coulter now specialises in designing a system capable of 4D printing silicone artificial muscles, which contain varying levels of elastic strain throughout the object's layers. His research interests include cardiac assist devices, soft robotics, printed electronics, bio-sensors, and 3D printing and scanning on inflated structures.

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