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ArticleBiomaterials science2025

Leveraging microtopography to pattern multi-oriented muscle actuators.

Tamara Rossy, Laura Schwendeman, Sonika Kohli, Maheera Bawa, Pavankumar Umashankar, Roi Habba, Oren Tchaicheeyan, Ayelet Lesman, Ritu Raman

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Article in Biomaterials science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  4. Biohybrid Tendons Enhance the Power-to-Weight Ratio and Modularity of Muscle-Powered Robots.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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Tamara RossyDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. ritur@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-619X
Laura SchwendemanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. ritur@mit.edu.
Sonika KohliDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. ritur@mit.edu.
Maheera BawaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. ritur@mit.edu.
Pavankumar UmashankarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. ritur@mit.edu.
Roi HabbaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, the Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Oren TchaicheeyanSchool of Mechanical Engineering, the Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ayelet LesmanSchool of Mechanical Engineering, the Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ritu RamanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. ritur@mit.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineering skeletal muscle tissue with precisely defined alignment is of significant importance for applications ranging from drug screening to biohybrid robotics. Aligning 2D contractile muscle monolayers, which are compatible with high-content imaging and can be deployed in planar soft robots, typically requires micropatterned cues. However, current protocols for integrating microscale topographical features in extracellular matrix hydrogels require expensive microfabrication equipment and multi-step procedures involving error-prone manual handling steps. To address this challenge, we present STAMP (simple templating of actuators

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HydrogelsMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMuscle, SkeletalTissue EngineeringAnimalsHumansMicePrinting, Three-DimensionalRoboticsHydrogels

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PMID40084556
PMCPMC11907412

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