An actuator-driven pump having a resilient chamber and a plurality of smart material actuators arranged such that activation of each smart material actuator will cause the smart material actuator to compress the resilient chamber is disclosed. A controller is connected to the smart material actuators for controlling the activation and deactivation of said smart material actuators in a pattern to urge a material through the resilient chamber. Methods of pumping material through activating actuators in an actuator driven pump in a predetermined pattern are also disclosed.