The present invention is an
electric motor capable of contracting itself to transmit its
mechanical force in the form of traction to another attached object. This type of motor behaves similarly to a
muscle and can be manufactured to its exact size and shape to replace it, thus enabling mechanical limb prostheses equipped with it to restore to the user almost all the motor skills of their lost limb, unlike other types of electric motors which only restore a portion of them. This motor consists of an
assembly of contraction units, each comprising a solenoid attached to the outer fibrous sheath by central fibers, and a permanent
magnet facing it, also attached in the same way.When an
electric current passes through the solenoid, it becomes magnetic. The two attract each other, and their attractive force is transmitted via the fibers to the
coating, causing it to contract. This force can then be transmitted to another object attached to the
coating. A special damping
system is also present. Everything relies on a clever interplay of
mechanical tension coupled with a driving force source derived from the properties of
electromagnetism to successfully reproduce the subtleties of
muscle movement. This device is useful in improving the capabilities of active limb prostheses, in
robotics for enhancing the capabilities of android robots, and is also likely to find applications in other fields.