NanoMuscles hit mainstream. (Proto Type).

NanoMuscle, Inc., a manufacturer of devices that displace small electromagnetic motors and solenoids, now offers developer's kits for their breakthrough miniature motion actuators. These kits are available for hobbyists, inventors and the robotics community through their partner, Mondo-tronics at a cost of $179, see www.RobotStore.com.

Unlike conventional electric motors that use electromagnetism for movement, NanoMuscle Actuators produce movement using a form of shape memory alloy (SMA), similar to those discovered in the 1960s by the US Navy. SMA can be fashioned into tiny ...

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