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Mostafa Omar1, Bohan Sun1, Sung Hoon Kang2

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Abstract:

Microscale programmable shape-memory actuators based on reversible electrochemical reactions can provide exciting opportunities for microrobotics.

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