| Budget Amount *help |
¥25,090,000 (Direct Cost: ¥19,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,790,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥8,710,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,010,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥10,790,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,490,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we showed that motor neurons and skeletal muscle fibers were connected by culturing the motor neurons on a human skeletal muscle tissue, and the muscle tissue was contractible according to transmitted signals from the motor neurons. In addition, we succeeded in formation of a skeletal muscle tissue actuator capable of muscle contractions with large contraction amount by arranging a pair of skeletal muscle tissues via a joint. This actuator with skeletal muscle tissues can control rotation of the joint according to contractions of each skeletal muscle tissue, and can manipulate objects by moving an arm attached to the joint with the muscle contraction.
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