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Current and future developments in artificial muscles using electroactive polymers

Yoseph Bar-Cohen JPL/Caltech, (MS 67–119), 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA. [email protected]://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov
Pages 731-740 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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Websites

  • WW-EAP newsletter http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/nasa-nde/lommas/eap/WW-EAP-Newsletter.html (Accessed October 2005)
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  • Micromuscle http://www.micromuscle.com/1024.htm (Accessed October 2005)

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