Electroactive polymer actuators represent a rapidly evolving field in materials science, where electrically induced deformations in polymers are harnessed to produce controlled mechanical motion.

Illustration of left eyelid attached to an electroactive polymer artificial muscle (EPAM) device after passing through an interpolation unit that is implanted in the lateral orbital wall. The power ...

Because of their ability to act in the manner of biological muscles, electroactive polymers (EAPs) have earned the nickname "artificial muscles." JPL, in collaboration with research institutions ...

A fundamentally different technology for electromechanical design based on conducting polymers left the starting gate recently when Artificial Muscle Inc. announced the availability of design kits ...

Artificial Muscle Inc. plans to develop electroactive polymer technology for use in actuator and sensor components that expand and contract, similar to human muscles. A West Coast start-up company ...

Whether wriggling your toes or lifting groceries, muscles in your body smoothly expand and contract. Some polymers can do the same thing -- acting like artificial muscles -- but only when stimulated ...

A San Jose, Calif., start-up company known as Artificial Muscle Inc. (AMI) has announced the commercial availability of “the world’s first product line of standard electroactive polymer actuators.” ...

Whether wriggling your toes or lifting groceries, muscles in your body smoothly expand and contract. Some polymers can do the same thing - acting like artificial muscles - but only when stimulated by ...

In the last 20 years or so, researchers have developed several classes of electroactive polymers plastics that can change shape when one applies a charge In the last 20 years or so, researchers have ...

Artificial Muscle Inc. (www.artificialmuscle.com) has begun marketing standard electroactive polymer actuators that it says are lighter, smaller and less expensive than conventional electromagnetic ...

Whether wriggling your toes or lifting groceries, muscles in your body smoothly expand and contract. Some polymers can do the same thing — acting like artificial muscles — but only when stimulated by ...