Dear Dr.-Ing. Detlef Riemer,

I would like to make you aware of the activity that we have at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in the area of electroactive polymers that is
seeking to emulate the performance of muscles.  You can see more
information by browsing thru my webhub http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/ under
advanced actuators.

Also, I initiated an SPIE conference on this subject that will held as part
of the SPIE Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials and you can see
more information on the same webhub under Technical Societies.

Yosi

At 02:53 PM 9/23/98 MET-1, Detlef Riemer, F204, Tel. 2482 wrote:
>Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>I search for literature via technical realization possibilities of
>artificial muscles and (autonomous) movement systems according to
>biological model. Furthermore interest me investigations there screen
>the kinetics of human and animal muscle skeleton systems.
>In this connection, I would like to make attentive onto the Internet
>adress http://www.uni-jena.de/bewsys/start.html.
>
>Yours faithfully   DETLEF RIEMER
>
>
> Dr.-Ing. Detlef Riemer
> TU Ilmenau
> Fakultaet Maschinenbau
> Institut fuer Mikrosystemtechnik
> PF 100 565
> 98684 Ilmenau
> Germany
>
> [email protected]
>
>
>
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