I. Introduction 1 II. Background 4 2.1 Shape memory alloy and catalytic combustion 4 III. Experimental methods 8 3.1 Design of artificial muscle unit (AMU) 8 3.2 Fabrication of artificial muscle unit (AMU) 10 3.3 Fabrication of Hybrid CNT/Pt Black nitinol wire 13 IV. Results and Discussion 17 4.1 Catalytic heating and the effect of source-target distance 17 4.2 Catalytic actuation and the effect of large source-target distance 19 4.3 Relation between fuel exposure time and actuation stroke 20 4.4 Performance of the fabricated artificial muscle unit (AMU) 22 4.5 Application of the fabricated artificial muscle unit (AMU) 28 4.6 Development of the modular artificial muscle 29 4.7 Electronics of the modular artificial muscle 31 4.8 Applications and Limitations of the current modular artificial muscle 33 V. Conclusion 35 VI. References 37