Soft Robotics is an important emerging field in robotics, mechatronics, and automation. Soft robotic components and systems offer new features and advances over conventional robotic devices. This project focuses on the creation of advanced multifunctional artificial muscles (AM) based on new polymer-metal composites which can be used in soft robotic applications (NSF Award #1545857). Via this Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE), a synergistic team of US researchers and collaborators from South Korea and Japan is assembled with expertise in soft robotics to advance the state of the art, as well as to train and prepare the future work force to tackle emerging challenges in soft robotic systems.


Principal Investigator
Kwang J. Kim, PhD, ASME Fellow, NAI Fellow
Distinguished Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
4505 S. Maryland Parkway / Box 454027
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4027
E-mail: kwang.kim@unlv.edu
Tel: (702) 774-1419
Administrative Support
Email: amsl.unlv.adm@gmail.com
Co-Principal Investigators
Kam K. Keang, University of Utah
Paul Oh, UNLV
Maurizio Porfiri, NYU
Chulsung Bae, RPI