how efficient are our muscles at converting energy to movement?

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Are humanoid robots able to move as much as us while using less energy?

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Our muscles are around 25% efficient. Electric motors can exceed 90% so an electrically powered robot could do much better, especially as they might be able to recapture some energy regeneratively. Still, the advantage of electric motors is not as big as it seems, since converting other forms of energy into electricity is very inefficient.