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Sanjay Dastoor
Mechanical Engineering
Bio-X
Graduate Student Fellowships 2006/2007
Profs. Mark Cutkosky (Mechanical Engineering) and Scott Delp (Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering)
Sanjay is researching the application of artificial muscles to robotics and prosthetics through a novel manufacturing method. Electric motors lack many of the dynamic characteristics of biological muscle, limiting their use in biomimetic devices. Electroactive polymer actuators are a promising alternative with muscle-like performance, light weight, low cost, and silent operation. He is developing methods for fabricating these actuators using shape deposition manufacturing, which allows customized geometries, heterogeneous materials, and embedded components. |
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