Roy Kornbluh has more than 30 years of experience with SRI International, where he has contributed to and led a wide range of projects related to advancing the state-of-the-art in robotics – including wearable robotics. Mr. Kornbluh is one of the primary inventors of the dielectric elastomer type electroactive polymer artificial muscle, as well as electrolaminates – materials and devices that use electrostatics to enable lightweight materials that can change their stiffness and damping or act as clutches or brakes. Both technologies have been applied to wearable robotic systems. He was the co-PI of the DARPA Warrior Web effort that leveraged both the twisted-string transmissions and electrolaminates to enable “transparent” augmentation of warfighter load carrying and led to the spin-out of Seismic. Mr. Kornbluh contributed to the CDMRP Smart Active Knee Brace aimed at surmounting the challenge of providing needed force for protecting the ACL while remaining comfortable and practical. He served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. Mr. Kornbluh received his B.S. from Cornell University and his S.M. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Kornbluh has more than 80 publications and more than 50 patents in the areas of robotics, artificial muscles, and electroactive materials.