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Science Journal Recognizes the Technical Impact of SRI International’s Artificial Muscle Technology

Article commemorates 10th anniversary of SRl’s research paper about electroactive polymer artificial muscle

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

An article in the January 2011 issue of the journal Science commemorates the anniversary of a smart material technology first described a decade ago in the same publication. In 2000, SRI researchers published a research paper introducing electroactive polymer artificial muscle (EPAM), a unique smart material technology SRI developed. “The 2000 study in Science was the first to report new EPAM materials and configurations with actuator performance beyond natural muscle in strain and ener...

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