Getting a grip on artificial muscles
From: EE Times - 10/04/2004
By: Chappell Brown 

Electronic braille readers, agile planetary rovers, and solar-powered drones
that mimic birds in flight are just some of the envisioned applications that
could get a practical workout as developers flex the capabilities of an
emerging concept called artificial muscle. 

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