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A small 3-D printed ionic polymer-metal composite soft robotic hand. National Science Foundation researchers are working to transform this material into artificial muscles.
Credit: Kam K. Leang. University of Utah
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The PIRE award will work to transform electroactive polymers, a type of material that changes shape when electricity runs through it, into artificial muscles.
Credit: Kwang J. Kim, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Kam K. Leang, University of Utah (both formerly of University of Nevada, Reno)
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James Carrico, a Ph.D. graduate student at the University of Utah, displaying a small 3-D printed ionic polymer-metal composite soft robotic hand.
Credit: Kam K. Leang
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