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Nicols Castro

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Biohybrid toggle switches: leveraging bistability in muscle-actuated machines

Ronald H. Heisser, Ozgun Kilic Afsar, Pria Sawhney, Nicols Castro, Inkyu Lee, Annika Marschner, Ritu Raman

This paper introduces a biohybrid bistable switching mechanism using skeletal muscle to achieve energy-efficient, reversible toggling between states, demonstrating its potential as an electromechanical switch in robotics.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering