High-energy shape memory polymer could someday help robots flex their muscles (IMAGE)
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An artificial muscle made of a stretched shape memory polymer contracts upon heating, bending a mannequin’s arm.
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Adapted from ACS Central Science 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00829
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