Carbon nanotube actuators convert electrical energy into mechanical motion, causing carbon nanotubes to move when current is applied. The actuator consists of two pieces of buckypaper, made from carbon nanotubes, attached on either side of a piece of tape connected to electrodes. When current flows, the nanotubes on one side expand and curl the tape, mimicking muscle movement. These "artificial muscles" can produce 50 to 100 times the force of a same-sized human muscle.