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Session: Soft and Biohybrid Actuation (November 23rd) |
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8:20-8:30 |
Prof. Dr. José Luis Sánchez Rojas and Prof. Dr. Tatiana Minav opening speech |
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8:30 – 9:10 Keynote talk |
Prof. Dr. Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Untethered soft robots with shape memory actuators |
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9:10 – 9:40 Invited talk 1 |
Dr. Ingrid Graz, Johannes Kepler Universität, Austria Soft robotic systems inspired by plants |
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9:40 – 10:10 Invited talk 2 |
Dr. Victoria A. Webster-Wood, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Aquatic invertebrate muscle as a farmable bioactuator for biohybrid robots |
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10:10 -10:20 |
Short break |
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10:20 – 10:50 Invited talk 3 |
Dr. Dorina Opris, Empa, Switzerland Functional elastomers responsive to electrical and mechanical stress |
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10:50 – 11:20 Invited talk 4 |
Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, Yale University, USA From Particles to Parts—Building Artificial Life from Multifunctional Materials |
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11:20 – 11:50 Invited talk 5 |
Dr. Stephan Rudykh, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Tailored design of soft materials through microstructures and buckling |
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11:50 – 12:00 |
Wrap up and concluding remarks, Session Chair, Dr. Aslan Miriyev |
| Please note that the time zone is EST(Eastern Standard Time). Keynote talk time: 30 min. talk and 10 min. q&a. Invited lectures talk time: 25 min. talk and 5 min. q&a. |
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Session:Miniaturized and micro-actuators (November 24th) |
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14:05-14:45 Keynote talk |
Prof. Jürgen Rühe, University of Freiburg, Germany working Hand in Hand: Cooperative (Micro-)Actuators and Actuator Fields |
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14:45-15:15 Invited talk 1 |
Dr. Christof Megnin, KIT, Germany Commercialization of SMA microactuators |
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15:15-15:45 Invited talk 2 |
Prof. Igor Gaponov, Innopolis University, Russia Twisted String Actuators in Robotics: Design, Control, and Applications |
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15:45-16:15 Invited talk 3 |
Dr. Victor Ruiz, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain linear motors based on Piezoelectric MEMS |
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16:15-16:45 Invited talk 4 |
Dr. Zhi Li, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany MEMS Picoindenter with exchangeable AFM cantilever as an indenter for nanomechanical characterisation of micro- and nanomaterials |
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16:45 – 17:15 |
Wrap up and concluding remarks, Session Chairs |
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Session: Actuator Materials (November 25th) |
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8:30 – 8:35 Start |
Prof. Dr. Kenji Uchino, Penn State University, USA Introduction of Session “Actuator Materials” |
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8:35 – 9:10 Keynote talk 1 |
Prof. Dr. Clive Randall, Penn State University, USA Opportunities for Cold Sintering Materials for Capacitive and Piezoelectric Applications |
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9:10 – 9:45 Keynote talk 2 |
Prof. Dr. Isaku Kanno, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan PZT thin films for Piezo MEMS: deposition, characterization, and application |
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9:45 – 10:20 Keynote talk 3 |
Prof. Dr. Jungho Ryu, Yeungnam University, Gyeongbuk, Korea Piezoelectric Thick film fabrication by Aerosol Deposition; applications and advances |
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10:20 – 10:30 Keynote talk 4 |
Wrap up and concluding remarks, Session Chair Prof. Dr. Kenji Uchino High Power Piezoelectrics – Future Trend |
| Please note that the time zone is EST (Eastern Standard Time). Keynote talk time: 30 min. talk and 5min. q&a. |
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Session: Actuator Applications (November 26th) |
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9:05-9:45 Keynote talk 1 |
Prof. Dr. Elena Lomonova, Eindhoven University of Technology, The New Paradigm in Electromechanics – Decoding the Physical Complexity of |
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9:45-10:15 Keynote talk 2 |
Prof. Torben Ole Andersen, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Small Fluid Power Actuators for Digital Displacement Units, Linear Pump Controlled Drives and Exoskeletons |
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10:15-10:45 Invited talk 1 |
Dr. Marcel Schuck, Pioneer Fellow at ETH Zurich, Switzerland Contactless Gripping – Paving the Way Towards Flexible Micromanipulation |
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10:45-11:15 Invited talk 2 |
Prof. Yongling Fu, Beihang University (BUAA), China New actuation and transmission solutions for aerospace applications |
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11:15 – 11:35 |
Wrap up and concluding remarks, Session Chairs |
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Please note that the time zone is CET time. |
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