Man-made muscles aren't quite ready for prime time -- three artificial limbs crumple in arm-wrestling matches against a high-school student. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego.

Instead of trying to reinvent the human arm, German pneumatics supplier Festo decided to model a real one. The showcase product, called Airic’s_arm, has artificial bones which mimic real human ...

Using arm sensors that can "read" a person's muscle movements, ... Citation: Human arm sensors make robot smarter (w/ Video) (2014, January 16) ...

You’ll also be able to interact and see layers of your arm muscles in a 3-D diagram. Health Conditions Wellness ... The triceps brachii is a major muscle of the upper arm in the human body.

The human hand is one of the most staggeringly sophisticated and physiologically intricate parts of the body. It has more than 30 muscles, 27 joints alongside a network of ligaments and tendons ...

Six years ago a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., issued a unique challenge: build a robotic arm using artificial muscles that could arm wrestle a human. The ...

The aim of this study was to investigate mitochondrial function, fibre-type distribution and substrate oxidation during exercise in arm and leg muscles in male postobese (PO), obese (O) and age ...

This powerful movement not only builds impressive arm muscles but also enhances overall body strength, function, stability and resiliency. Hammer curls are a variation of regular bicep curls.

Study offers new insights into how our arms and legs evolved from our ancestors', and also about human variations and pathologies. 250-million-year-old evolutionary remnants were found in muscles ...

This powerful movement not only builds impressive arm muscles but also enhances overall body strength, function, stability and resiliency. Hammer curls are a variation of regular bicep curls.