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UCLA Scientists Develop Durable Material for Flexible Artificial Muscles

Discovery also paves way for robots and wearable devices that mimic natural motion

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

UCLA materials scientists and colleagues at the nonprofit scientific research institute SRI International have developed a new material and manufacturing process for creating artificial muscles that are stronger and more flexible than their biological counterparts. “Creating an artificial muscle to enable work and detect force and touch has been one of the grand challenges of science and engineering,” said Qibing Pei, a professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School...

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