
1st International Electronic Conference on Actuator Technology: Materials, Devices and Applications
23–27 Nov 2020
Materials, Actuators, Efficiency, Dynamics, Energy Consumption
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- A. Actuators for robotics and autonomous applications
- B. Actuator materials
- C. Novel design and device concepts
- D. Miniaturized and micro-actuators
- E. Actuators for aircrafts and on- and off-road vehicles/machines
- F. Actuators for manufacturing
- H. Actuators for hydraulic systems
- I. Soft and biohybrid actuators
- J. Cooperative micro-actuator systems
- Event Details
Conference Closed
We are pleased to announce that IeCAT 2020 has been finished successfully. All comments and discussions on the manuscripts are closed now. We would like to thank all the participants, all the conference chairs, the committee members as well as our keynote and invited speakers for their excellent work.
The next edition of IeCAT is expected to be held on November 2022. We wish that you will continue to keep an eye on our next edition and welcome your participation in the year of 2022!
Important Announcement
Please note that the Submission of Full Conference Paper and Presentation has been extended to 19 November 2020, which means you have three more days extension to upload your full submission and presentation. This would be the very last time for you to submit your full papers and presentations. Look forward to receiving your full submissions and presentations!
Live Sessions Schedule:
- Session: Soft and Biohybrid Actuation
Chair: Dr. Aslan Miriyev
Time: 23 November 2020 | 8:20-12:00 am (EST)
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2016027713395/WN_1PVdSoUTRFaOkh9Skw5Bew
- Session: Miniaturized and micro-actuators
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Manfred Kohl; Dr. Kirill Poletkin
Time: 24 November 2020 | 14:05-17:15 pm (CET)
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6216027713936/WN_eDIyuiZ2Q_CAAztCX0fNdA
- Session: Actuator Materials
Chair: Prof. Dr. Kenji Uchino
Time: 25 November 2020 | 8:30-10:30 am (EST)
Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1816027714421/WN_rl3A93vnTOuTVGrRFkY0bg
- Session: Actuator Applications
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Tatiana Minav; Prof. Dr. José Luis Sánchez Rojas
Time: 26 November 2020 | 9:05-11:35 am (CET)
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6616027715059/WN_Ldc574RRTbanTXPgzWyCFw
Details are at Program of Online Sessions. Welcome to register and meet us at the live sessions.
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear Colleagues,
You are cordially invited to participate in the 1st International Electronic Conference on Actuator Technology: Materials, Devices and Applications (IeCAT), sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Actuators. The meeting is an opportunity for researchers in the field of actuator science and technology to present their research and exchange ideas with colleagues. This is an electronic conference, removing the need to travel and eliminating participation expenses.
The conference will be organized around the following general topics, although it may be open to other sessions or subject areas related to the aims and scope of the journal Actuators.
- Actuators for robotics and autonomous applications
- Actuators for biomedical applications
- Actuator materials
- Novel design and device concepts
- Miniaturized and micro-actuators
- Actuators for aircrafts and on- and off-road vehicles/machines
- Assessment and precision measurements
- Actuators for manufacturing
- Actuators for hydraulic systems
- Soft and biohybrid actuators
- Cooperative micro-actuator systems
This will be a virtual conference held at www.sciforum.net, a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize and provide technical support for electronic conferences.
The format of the conference is as follows: After abstract acceptance, the authors will submit a pre-recorded video presentation (within 20 minutes) or a series of narrated slides that will be accessible online, open for discussion, comments, and questions, during the entire conference and will remain available after the e-conference. Authors are requested to submit a full description of their work in a conference paper that will be peer-reviewed and, upon acceptance, published in Proceedings. Paper submission is not a requirement for active conference participation.
The participation is free of charge—both for authors and attendees. Accepted papers will be gathered in the proceedings of the conference and available online on the MDPI website. Selected extended versions of the papers will be published in a Special Issue of the journal Actuators with a discount of 20% on the article processing charge (ISSN 2076-0825; Actuators).
The best conference paper and presentation will receive an award of 500 CHF, as well as an offer to publish an extended paper, free of charge, in the Special Issue of the journal Actuators.
We look forward to engaging in exciting discussions and hearing new ideas and perspectives from experts in the field. All participants are welcome to join the online conference.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. José Luis Sánchez Rojas
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Minav
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Cynthia He
Ms. Christian Liang
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Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: 1st September 2020 15 September 2020
Notification of Acceptance: 15th September 2020 30 September 2020
Submission of Full Conference Paper and Presentation: 16th November 2020 19th November 2020
Conference Open: 23-27 November 2020
Welcome Speech from the Chairs
Sessions
A. Actuators for robotics and autonomous applicationsB. Actuator materials
C. Novel design and device concepts
D. Miniaturized and micro-actuators
E. Actuators for aircrafts and on- and off-road vehicles/machines
F. Actuators for manufacturing
H. Actuators for hydraulic systems
I. Soft and biohybrid actuators
J. Cooperative micro-actuator systems
List of accepted submissions (43)
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sciforum-036865 | Influence of residual stresses of sputtered thin film electrodes for dielectric elastomer applications |
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This paper focuses on the electromechanical properties of novel sub-micron compliant metallic thin film electrodes for dielectric elastomer membranes. Electrodes with thicknesses between 10-20 nm and different residual stress states are explored. Either pure nickel films or sandwiches of nickel (Ni) and carbon (C) are deposited by DC magnetron sputtering onto pre-stretched silicone elastomer membranes. Both, 37.5 % biaxial pre-stretch and 57.5% pre-stretch under pure shear condition (PSC) are considered in the conducted investigation. After the coating process is completed, the elastomer is allowed to relax. In the contracted configuration, it exhibits a wrinkled surface. After this state is reached, the electromechanical characterization is performed. In the conducted experiments, all types of films reveal a low initial resistance (around 100 Ω/square). Depending on the kind of pre-stretch and the electrode material, a strain of 100 % without any major degradation is achieved. It is also shown how the residual stress of the layers can be influenced by suitable sputtering parameters. As a result, low residual film stress significantly improves the electromechanical properties of PSC pre-stretched elastomers, but have only minor influence on the biaxially pre-stretched ones, regarding the Ni and the Ni+C thin films. This phenomenon is directly connected to the failure mechanisms observed on the two types of pre-stretched membranes. For C+Ni electrodes, the residual stress state of Ni does not influence the electromechanical properties for both, the biaxially pre-stretched and the PSC pre-stretched coated membranes. Nevertheless, the results are of fundamental importance for understanding the role of residual stresses for the creation of electromechanically stable and highly conductive electrode films, to be used in DE applications. |
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sciforum-036954 | Adaptive backstepping sliding mode control for direct driven hydraulics |
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Tianyi Chen
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Due to the advantages of high energy efficiency and environmental friendliness, the electronic-hydraulic actuator (EHA) plays an important role in fluid power control. One variation of EHA, double pump direct driven hydraulic (DDH), was proposed, which consists of double fixed-displacement pumps, a servo motor, an asymmetric cylinder, and auxiliary components. This paper proposed an adaptive backstepping sliding mode control strategy for DDH to eliminate the negative effect producing by parametric uncertainty, nonlinear characteristics and the uncertain external disturbance. Firstly, the DDH model and a crane dynamics model were constructed in MATLAB/Simulink and validated by experiment. Based on theoretical analysis, the nonlinear system model was built and transformed. Further, by defining the sliding manifold and selecting a proper Lyapunov function,the nesting problems (of the designed variable and adaptive law) causing by uncertainty coefficients were solved. Moreover, the adaptive backstepping control and the sliding mode control were combined to boost system robustness. At the same time, the adaptive law with uncertain parameters was selected. Simulations of the DDH with the proposed control strategy and proportional-integral-differential (PID) were performed respectively. The simulation results show that the designed control strategy can realize better position tracking, and has stronger robustness to parameter changes compared with PID. |
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sciforum-035585 | Towards the Development of an Alternating Pressure Overlay for the Treatment of Pressure Ulcers Using Miniaturized Air Cells | , , , , |
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This paper presents a study on design and development of an alternating pressure overlay consists of inflatable mini air-bladders, which could be used in relieving and reducing tissue pressure for the treatment of pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers, which are predominant in the bony prominences of the body, is a skin deformity due to the limitation of blood circulation to the muscle tissues as a result of high pressures applied on the skin for longer durations. This research aims to design miniaturized air bladders which could provide alternating pressure sequences for the treatment of the pressure ulcers. The optimally designed geometries of mini air-bladders provide proper envelopment of the patient’s body and create a high resolution of pressure distribution. The optimum geometry and the 3-D deformation profile of the mini air-bladders are analyzed using the finite element method. Furthermore, the real-time interface pressure profile between the body and the overlay is mapped by using the back pressure of mini air-bladders. The actuator system includes an integrated control unit that regulates the internal pressures via electro-pneumatic valves operated based on the backpressure sensor feedback. This actuator system provides the alternating pressure patterns required for inflation and deflation of the mini air-bladders controlling the airflow of the support surface, providing proper pressure distributions to heal the ulcers. |
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sciforum-037115 | Numerical studies on the design of self-resetting active bistable cross-shaped structure for morphing applications |
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Multistable structures are highly attractive for advanced shape-changing (morphing) applications due to their low weights, excellent mechanical properties, and large deformation capabilities. Aim of the paper is to develop a bistable cross-shaped structure, consisting of symmetric and unsymmetric laminates actuated using Macro Fibre Composite (MFC) actuators. The cross-shaped bistable laminates find potential applications in solar tracking models and energy harvesters. The critical snap-through voltages required to change the shapes are investigated using commercially available finite element package. Use of planar MFC actuators to snap the bistable laminate from one equilibrium shape to another, and back again (self-resetting) is demonstrated. For the design of the active bistable cross-shaped structure, the cross-shape is split into four rectangles on the four legs and a square on the middle portion. All the rectangles are made up of unsymmetric laminates, and the central portion is designed with a symmetric laminate. MFC actuators are bonded on both sides of the four legs to trigger snap-through and snap-back actions. An attempt is made to address the possible design difficulties arising from the additional stiffness contribution by MFC layers on the naturally cured equilibrium shapes of cross-shaped bistable laminates. Suitable potential applications using the designed self-resetting active bistable cross-shaped laminate are proposed. |
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sciforum-036943 | Integrated sliding mode backstepping control of an asymmetric electro-hydrostatic actuator based on extended observer | , | N/A |
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To provide high output forces and to reduce the installation space, the electro-hydrostatic actuator (EHA) usually adopts a fixed-displacement pump and an asymmetric single-rod cylinder. However, comprehensive effects produced by its asymmetric flow, and matched and unmatched uncertainties make it difficult to achieve high-accuracy position control. This paper proposed an integrated sliding mode backstepping control based on extended observer for the asymmetric EHA, compensating the imbalanced flow with pilot-operated check valves. Firstly, flow distribution was analyzed, and its state space equation was established for the asymmetric EHA. Two extended state observer (ESO) was employed to achieve real-time estimating of the unmeasured system states, unmatched and matched disturbance. The backstepping method was used to compensate the matched and unmatched disturbance, and an integrated sliding mode controller was developed to eliminate the static error and to improve the response speed. Theoretical analysis indicates that the controller can guarantee the specified tracking performance for the actuator under time-varying unmatched disturbances, and can make the tracking error asymptotically converge to zero under constant matching disturbances. Finally, the designed EHA and controller were combined to simulate with crane dynamics model in MATLAB/Simscape. The simulation results show that the proposed controller can guarantee the position tracking performance of EHA and possess good disturbance rejection ability. |
Invited Speech
Efficient SMA Actuation - Design & Control Concepts
Paul Motzki
Online unbalanced vibration suppression of a flexible rotor supported by active magnetic bearing
Huachun Wu
Program of Online Sessions
Session: Soft and Biohybrid Actuation (November 23rd) |
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Time (EST) | Speakers & Talks |
8:20-8:30 |
Prof. Dr. José Luis Sánchez Rojas and Prof. Dr. Tatiana Minav opening speech |
8:30 – 9:10 Keynote talk |
Prof. Dr. Carmel Majidi, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Untethered soft robots with shape memory actuators |
9:10 – 9:40 Invited talk 1 |
Dr. Ingrid Graz, Johannes Kepler Universität, Austria Soft robotic systems inspired by plants |
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 |
10:10 -10:20 |
Short break |
10:20 – 10:50 Invited talk 3 |
Dr. Dorina Opris, Empa, Switzerland Functional elastomers responsive to electrical and mechanical stress |
10:50 – 11:20 Invited talk 4 |
Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, Yale University, USA From Particles to Parts—Building Artificial Life from Multifunctional Materials |
11:20 – 11:50 Invited talk 5 |
Dr. Stephan Rudykh, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Tailored design of soft materials through microstructures and buckling |
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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Time (GMT+1) | Speakers & Talks |
14:05-14:45 Keynote talk |
Prof. Jürgen Rühe, University of Freiburg, Germany working Hand in Hand: Cooperative (Micro-)Actuators and Actuator Fields |
14:45-15:15 Invited talk 1 |
Dr. Christof Megnin, KIT, Germany Commercialization of SMA microactuators |
15:15-15:45 Invited talk 2 |
Prof. Igor Gaponov, Innopolis University, Russia Twisted String Actuators in Robotics: Design, Control, and Applications |
15:45-16:15 Invited talk 3 |
Dr. Victor Ruiz, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain linear motors based on Piezoelectric MEMS |
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 |
16:45 – 17:15 |
Wrap up and concluding remarks, Session Chairs |
Please note that the time zone is CET time. |
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Session: Actuator Materials (November 25th) |
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Time (EST) | Speakers & Talks |
8:30 – 8:35 Start |
Prof. Dr. Kenji Uchino, Penn State University, USA Introduction of Session “Actuator Materials” |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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Time (GMT+1) | Speakers & Talks |
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 |
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 |
10:15-10:45 Invited talk 1 |
Dr. Marcel Schuck, Pioneer Fellow at ETH Zurich, Switzerland Contactless Gripping – Paving the Way Towards Flexible Micromanipulation |
10:45-11:15 Invited talk 2 |
Prof. Yongling Fu, Beihang University (BUAA), China New actuation and transmission solutions for aerospace applications |
11:15 – 11:35 |
Wrap up and concluding remarks, Session Chairs |
Please note that the time zone is CET time. |
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Recordings of Online Sessions
Below you will find the recordings of all the online sessions held during the e-conference for you to watch, re-watch and share with your colleagues!
Session 1: Soft and Biohybrid Actuation
Session 2: Miniaturized and Micro-Actuators
Session 3: Actuator Materials
Session 4: Actuator Applications
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, Actuators would like to award the best papers and best presentations as elected by the members of the scientific committee. We look forward to posting your contributions.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 1
The Best Paper Award is given to the paper judged to make the most significant contribution to the conference. There will be one winners selected for this award, the winner will receive a certificate and 500 CHF and the winner will be offered an opportunity to publish a featured paper in Actuators for free.Number of Awards Available: 1
A presentation will be selected prior to the conference by the Scientific Committee. The winner will also be granted 500 CHF, a certificate and an offer to publish a free featured paper in Actuators.Terms and Conditions:
Criteria for Evaluation of Best Paper Award:
- Full paper must be submitted to IeCAT 2020;
- Originality/novelty of the paper;
- Significance of content;
- Scientific soundness;
- Interest to the readers;
- English language and style.
Requirements for Best Presentation Award:
Presentation should have the following information.
- Title (with authors and affiliations)
- Introduction/Objectives/Aims
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Contact information
- A video presentation within 20 minutes
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Winner: Multifunctional Smart Window based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuator (doi:10.3390/IeCAT2020-08509) Milan Shrestha *, Gih-Keong Lau, Zhenbo Lu | Winner: Electromechanical Actuators for Large Sized Valves (doi:10.3390/IeCAT2020-08477) Tobias Vonderbank *, Katharina Schmitz |
Conference Chairs

Instituto de Nanociencia, Nanotecnología y Materiales Moleculares, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Prof. J.L. Sanchez-Rojas received the B.E., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in telecommunication engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain. In 1996-97, he was an Invited Postdoctoral Scientist with Cornell University and Colorado University, Boulder. He is currently Full Professor with the Univ. Castilla–La Mancha, Spain. His research interests cover optical and electrical characterization and modeling of semic. devices, miniaturization, design and applications of MEMS/NEMS, sensors and actuators.
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Prof. T. Minav, (PI, D.Sc. (Tech.)) is part of IHA-Innovative hydraulics and Automation unit in Tampere University/Finland. She is received Doctor of Science degree (D.Sc.) from Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) in 2011. She is expert in electro-hydrostatic systems and actuators, cylinder’s sensorless position motion control, simulation, energy balance and energy recovery systems in off-road mobile machinery.
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Conference Committee

Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Interests: polymer physics; liquid crystals; nanocomposite materials; vitrimers
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Interests: novel devices based on 2D materials; nanotechnology; nanofabrication; nanosensors; nanoactuators
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NSF I/UCRC on Smart Vehicle Concepts, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, E307 Scott Laboratory, 201 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA
Interests: smart materials; smart dynamic systems; advanced automotive systems; manufacturing of smart systems; joining processes for smart materials
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
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Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Maha Fluid Power Research Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 1500 Kepner Dr. Lafayette IN, USA
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Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Active Structures Laboratory, Department of Control Engineering and System Analysis, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Karlsruhe, Germany
Manfred Kohl is a Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the Department of Smart Materials and Devices at the Institute of Microstructure Technology at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. He received his PhD degree in physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He worked as an IBM postdoctoral fellow at the T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, USA, and subsequently joined KIT. He has published more than 400 papers in refereed Journals, conferences and books. He received several awards, among them: Philip Morris Research Award and Gips-Schüle Award. His research resulted in the recent spin-off company “memetis” that is marketing shape memory microactuators. His current research focuses on multiferroic materials and corresponding microsystems, as well as multimaterial micro- and nanotechnologies. He is the session chair of "Miniaturized and micro-actuators"
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session chair of "Actuators for robotics and autonomous applications"
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session chair of "Actuators for robotics and autonomous applications"
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Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Materials (Website)
Session chair of "Actuator materials". Dr. Kenji Uchino is a well-known pioneer of “Piezoelectric Actuators”. This terminology was created in the 1970s, when he started this field. He has been a university professor for 45 years, company president/vice president for 21 year, and government officer for 7 year, including the US Navy Ambassador to Japan. He is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers at the Pennsylvania State University
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School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore
session chair of "Novel design and device concepts"
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session chair of "Actuators for hydraulic systems"
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Institute of Microstructure Technology
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Session chair of "Miniaturized and micro-actuators" Kirill Poletkin received the diploma (Hons.) of electromechanical engineer majoring in aviation devices and measurement systems at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University (Arzamas branch) in 2001. In 2007, he gained the Ph.D. degree at Moscow Aviation Institute (Moscow State Aviation Technological University), Russia. From 2009 to 2013, he carried out his postdoctoral research at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Then, he was awarded Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers in 2012. In 2016, he joined Karlsruhe Institute of Technology as a scientist. Since 2019, he is leading his own project funded by German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) for 3 years. In 2020, he has been appointed as an assistant professor at Innopolis University, Russia.
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Institute of Automatic Control and Robotics, Warsaw University of Technology, plac Politechniki 1, 00-661 Warszawa, Poland
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School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China
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Materials and Technology Center of Robotics, Empa- Swiss Federal Labs for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland; Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, UK (Website)
Session Chair of "Soft and biohybrid actuators".
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Department of Engineering, Roma Tre University, Via Vito Volterra, 62 - 00146 Rome, Italy
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Department of Energy, System, Territory and Construction, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Session Chair of "Actuators for aircrafts and on- and off-road vehicles/machines"
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Department of Systems Engineering and Department of Material Science and Engineering, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Research interests: mechatronic systems modeling & control, smart materials, shape memory alloys, dielectric elastomers, soft actuators, soft robotics
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Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Department of Systems Engineering, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany (www.imsl.uni-saarland.de)
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Keynote Speakers

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Opportunities for Cold Sintering Materials for Capacitive and Piezoelectric Applications
Clive A. Randall is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of Materials Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University. He has a B.Sc. (Honors) in Physics from University of East Anglia, UK (1983), and a Ph.D. in Experimental Physics from University of Essex, UK (1987). He was Director for the Center for Dielectric Studies 1997-2013, and Co-Director of the Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics 2013-2015 (now Technical Advisor). Interests include discovery, processing, material physics, and compositional design of functional materials. Among his awards are Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, Academician of World Academy of Ceramics, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, and honorary Fellow of the European Ceramic Society. Prof. Randall has a Google h-factor of 81 and over 25,000 citations.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
PZT thin films for Piezo MEMS: deposition, characterization, and application
Dr. Isaku Kanno is currently the Professor of the Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, Japan. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in Engineering in Osaka University, Japan in the year of 1998. During the year of 1991–2002, he worked for Matsushita Electric Ind. Co. Ltd. (Panasonic), Japan as an Engineer. In Panasonic, inkjet printer heads and gyro sensors using piezoelectric thin films were developed and commercialized. After that, he worked as an Associate Professor in Micro Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan from 2002–2011. His research lies in the area of Functional oxide thin film, Piezoelectric MEMS, Sensors and Actuators. He is one of the Associate Editor of Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (Elsevier), a Fellow of The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering as well as General chair of Piezoelectric MEMS Forum, Japan. He won the METI Industrial Standardization Award, IEC 1906 Award, The Murata Science Foundation Fellowship Award, Excellent paper Award of The Japan Society of AEM, Microsystem Technologies Best poster award and Excellent Innovation Award of Panasonic Technology Symposium during his research life.
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School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), Yeungnam University, Gyeongbuk, Korea
Piezoelectric Thick film fabrication by Aerosol Deposition; applications and advances
Dr. Jungho Ryu is the assistant professor of school of materials science and engineering, Yeungnam university, Korea. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in materials science and engineering from Yeungnam University, Korea in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He awarded his Ph.D degree from school of materials science and engineering at Seoul National University, Korea in 2001 on Magnetoelectric composite materials. During his Ph.D work, he had been working at the International Center for Actuators and Transducers (ICAT) of the Pennsylvania State University on magnetoelectric composites and piezoelectric materials. After being awarded his Ph.D degree, Dr. Ryu became a post doctoral researcher at this center continuing his work on high power piezoelectric materials. Prior to joining Yeungnam Univerity in 2018, he was a senior engineer and project leader at Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd, Korea (2003~2006) and a principal Researcher at Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), Korea (2006-2018). His current research interests include the development and processing of the piezoelectric and ferroelectric devices, energy harvesting, ceramic processing, smart actuators, and functional thin/thick ceramics film fabrication through aerosol deposition method. He has authored over 240 publications in peer-reviewed international journals and >100 patents in the magnetoelectric, piezoelectric materials and devices, and functional ceramic films. Total number of citation on his research articles are close to 9000 times and h index is over 44 (as of July 2020, Google scholar).
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School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
High Power Piezoelectrics – Future Trend
Kenji Uchino, one of the pioneers in piezoelectric actuators, is Founding Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers, Materials Research Institute and Professor of EE and MatSE, Distinguished Honors Faculty of Schreyer Honors College at The Penn State University. He was Associate Director (Global Technology Awareness) at The US Office of Naval Research – Global Tokyo Office from 2010 till 2014. He was also the Founder and Senior Vice President & CTO of Micromechatronics Inc., State College, PA from 2004 till 2010. After being awarded his Ph. D. degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, he became Research Associate/Assistant Professor (1976) in Physical Electronics Department at this university. Then, he joined Sophia University, Japan as Associate Professor in Physics Department in 1985. He was then recruited from The Penn State University in 1991. He was also involved with Space Shuttle Utilizing Committee in NASDA, Japan during 1986-88, and Vice President of NF Electronic Instruments, USA, during 1992-94. He was the Founding Chair of Smart Actuators/Sensors Committee, Japan Technology Transfer Association sponsored by Ministry of Economics, Trading and Industries, Japan from 1987 to 2014, and is a long-term Chair of International Conference on New Actuators, Messe Bremen, Germany since 1997. He was also the associate editor for Journal of Advanced Performance Materials, J. Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures and Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. Uchino served as Administrative Committee Member (Elected) of IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (1998-2000) and as Secretary of American Ceramic Society, Electronics Division (2002-2003). His research interest is in solid state physics, especially in ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics, including basic research on theory, materials, device designing and fabrication processes, as well as application development of solid state actuators/sensors for precision positioners, micro-robotics, ultrasonic motors, smart structures, piezoelectric transformers etc.
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Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Small Fluid Power Actuators for Digital Displacement Units, Linear Pump Controlled Drives and Exoskeletons
Torben Ole Andersen has been a Professor in the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, since 2005, being the Head of the section: Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems. He has a Ph.D. in Control Engineering (1996), and a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1992), both from the Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1989) from the University of Southern Denmark, SDU. Before entering the university, he has worked with Danfoss, R&D, as a Project Manager and University Coordinator. He is Head of research programs related to the development of hydrostatic transmissions for wind turbines and wave energy converters, and offshore mechatronic systems for autonomous operation and condition monitoring. He has authored or coauthored more than 260 scientific papers in international journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include control theory, energy usage and optimization of fluid power components and systems, mechatronic systems, design and control of robotic systems and modelling and simulation of dynamic systems in general.
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Clarence H. Adamson Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA 15213
Untethered Soft Robots with Shape Memory Actuators
Carmel Majidi is the Clarence H. Adamson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he leads the Soft Machines Lab. His lab is dedicated to the discovery of novel material architectures that allow machines and electronics to be soft, elastically deformable, and biomechanically compatible. Currently, his research is focused on fluid-filled elastomers that exhibit unique combinations of mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties and can function as “artificial” skin, nervous tissue, and muscle for soft robotics and wearables. Carmel has received grants from industry and federal agencies along with early career awards from DARPA, ONR, AFOSR, and NASA to explore challenges in soft-matter engineering and robotics. Prior to arriving at CMU, Prof. Majidi had postdoctoral appointments at Harvard and Princeton Universities and received his PhD in Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley.
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Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
New Paradigm in Electromechanics – Decoding the Physical Complexity of High-Precision Positioning Systems
Elena Lomonova (1959) studied Electromechanical and Control Systems at Moscow Aviation Institute (State University if Aerospace Technology), Russia. After graduating (cum laude), she started her industrial carrier at the Research and Development Company “Astrophysics”, Moscow, Russia (1982-1987). Afterwards she moved to the Electromechanical and Control Systems Department at State University of Aerospace Technology (MAI), and was active in research, education and industrial projects (1987-1997). She gained her PhD (cum laude, 1993) on researching of autonomous power and control systemns for vehicles with laser equipment. Since 1998 she worked for the Delft University of Technology before joining Eindhoven University of Technology in 2000. In March 2009 she was appointed as a full-time professor. Her chair focuses on fundamental and applied research on enabling energy conversion theory, methods and technologies for high-precision, automotive and medical systems.
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Cooperative micro-actuator systems
Jürgen Rühe studied chemistry at the universities of Münster and Mainz. In 1989 he received his Ph.D. from the Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, working with Prof. Dr. G. Wegner at the Max-Planck-Institute of Polymer Research on electrically conducting polymers, specifically conjugated polyheterocycles. After a postdoctoral stay at the IBM research laboratories in San Jose, California, where he studied ultrathin layers for the improvement of tribological properties of materials, he returned to Germany and in 1991 started to work at the University of Bayreuth as a "Liebig"-fellow of the VCI and a fellow of the German Research Council (DFG) in the area of polymers at interfaces. In 1995 he completed his Habilitation at the faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences of the University of Bayreuth and rejoined the MPI of Polymer Research, where he held an associate professor position ("C3-Stelle der Max-Planck-Gesesellschaft") and was in charge of a Max-Planck research group on interface chemistry at the MPI-P. From 1998-2001 he has been appointed visiting associate professor at Stanford University and as associate member of CPIMA (Center for Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies). In October 1999 he accepted a full professor position as the chair for chemistry and physics of interfaces at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) at the University of Freiburg. He has been visiting scientist at the Cavendish Laboratories, Cambridge (UK), RIKEN, Tokyo (Japan) and Stanford University (USA). Jürgen Rühe was the Managing Director of the Department of Microsystems Engineering and the founding director of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS). From 2006 to 2014 he served as Vice Rector for Internationalization and Technology Transfer of the University of Freiburg.
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Invited Speakers

Linear motors based on Piezoelectric MEMS
Victor Ruiz-Díez is a proficient researcher in the field of microsystem technology, sensors, actuators and their interaction with liquid media . He achieved a doctorate degree in Sciences and Technologies Applied to Industrial Engineering, by the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, with a thesis entitled "Design, characterization and application of MEMS resonators with high performance in liquid media" in 2018. Despite his young academic career, in the last 7 years he has extensively published as author and co-author of over 30 papers in highly regarded, peer-reviewed journals. Now, his research interest is focused on miniaturization of locomotion devices with piezoelectric-actuated MEMS for ground and liquid applications.
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School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation of Beihang University (BUAA), China
New actuation and transmission solutions for aerospace applications
Dr. Fu Yongling is currently a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation of Beihang University (BUAA), China. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 1993. He became a professor in 1998 and a supervisor of Ph.D & Master students in 2000 in BUAA. His research interests include actuators, hydraulics, mechatronic systems, and control. He got the state govern special fund as an expert in 2001, became the national excellent person with professionalism in 2005. Since 2005, he is the general secretary and vice director of Association for Artificial Intelligence. He is the vice director of the youth group of CSAA since 2007 and became a PC member of ICAS since 2005. He was nominated as the vice director of Council for International Cooperation on CSAA from 2015. He is a member of academic board of the special ground equipment R&D of Civil Aviation of China since 2005. He has published more than 150 papers and authored 20 patents. He has been in charge of NSFC, national R&D projects, international S&T cooperation project, and more than 60 other kinds of developing projects.
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig, the metrology institute of Germany
MEMS Picoindenter with exchangeable AFM cantilever as an indenter for nanomechanical characterisation of micro- and nanomaterials
Dr. Z. Li received his doctoral degree in optical engineering from Tsinghua University in 2001. Since 2005 he has been working in the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig, the metrology institute of Germany. His current research activities are in the field of tactile surface metrology, including development of MEMS/NEMS actuators and sensors for nanodimensional and nanoelectromechanical characterization of nanomaterials.
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School of Education, Department of STEM Education, Physics
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria
Soft robotic systems inspired by plants
Ingrid Graz is an associate professor at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz in Austria working on stretchable electronics and soft robotics. After receiving a Ph.D. (2006) in physics at JKU researching flexible polymer sensors, Ingrid spent 3 years in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK. There she developed stretchable transistors and sensors. In 2011 she returned to JKU as an assistant professor and completed her habilitation on skin-inspired electronics in 2015. She has authored and co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed papers and is head of the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Soft Structures for Vibration Insulation and Impact Protection.
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Aquatic invertebrate muscle as a farmable bioactuator for biohybrid robots
Vickie Webster-Wood is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University with courtesy appointments in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Webster-Wood is the director of the CMU Biohybrid and Organic Robotics Group. The long-term research goal of the CMU B.O.R.G. is to develop completely organic, autonomous robots with programmable neural circuits. Such robotic systems will have applications in search and rescue, environmental monitoring, and prosthetics. However, to achieve this goal, robust organic solutions are needed for each of the four fundamental components of robotic systems: structures, actuators, sensors, and controllers. Research in the CMU B.O.R.G. brings together bio-inspired robotics, tissue engineering, and computational neuroscience to study and model neuromuscular control and translate findings to the creation of renewable robotic devices. Dr. Webster-Wood completed her postdoc as a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow at Case Western Reserve University in the Tissue Fabrication and Mechanobiology Lab. She received her Ph.D. from the same institution as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Biologically-Inspired Robotics Lab. Her work has been featured by many media outlets including features in Popular Mechanics, NPR’s Science Friday, and a video segment in FOX’s Nature Knows Best.
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Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Empa,
Laboratory for Functional Polymers, Ueberlandstr. 129, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Dorina M. Opris obtained her B.Sc. in chemistry at Babes-Bolyai University (BBU), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 1997. She then joined Natex S.A. developing flavors and simulta-neously did her M.Sc. in chemistry at BBU. From 1999 to 2001 she worked with Prof. Grosu at BBU towards a PhD and then joined the group of Prof. Schlüter at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where she finished her PhD in 2005. In 2006 she joined Empa, Dübendorf, Switzerland, as PostDoc and later as scientist. Since 2014 she has been the leader of Functional Dielectric Elastomers group, Laboratory of Functional Polymers at Empa.
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Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
From Particles to Parts—Building Artificial Life from Multifunctional Materials
Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio is the John J. Lee Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Yale University. Focusing on the intersection of materials, manufacturing, and robotics, her group is deriving new multifunctional materials that will allow next-generation robots to adapt their morphology and behavior to changing tasks and environments. A recipient of early career awards from NSF, NASA, AFOSR, and ONR, she was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for her approach to manufacturing liquid metals through printable dispersions and scalable sintering methods, and she received the PECASE award for her development of robotic skins that turn inanimate objects into multifunctional robots. She serves as an Associate Editor of Soft Robotics, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Multifunctional Materials, and Transactions on Robotics, and is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer. She also serves on the Technology, Innovation & Engineering Committee of the NASA Advisory Council.
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Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
Tailored design of soft materials through microstructures and buckling
Stephan Rudykh is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He was an Assistant Professor at the Technion, which he joined after his postdoctoral training in Mary Boyce Lab at MIT. Stephan Rudykh gained his Ph.D. from the Ben-Gurion University; he was a visiting graduate student at Caltech and Harvard University. Stephan received his MS and BS from Saint-Petersburg Polytechnical University. Rudykh’s research focuses on the mechanics and physics of soft microstructured materials, including soft active materials, bioinspired materials, switchable functional composites, and biological tissues. He uses a combination of analytical and computational approaches, as well as 3D printing and experiments to understand the nonlinear behavior of these materials.
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Laboratory for Material Process Technology at the Department of Microsystem Engineering (Freiburg, Germany)
Cooperative micro-actuator systems
Christof Megnin received his diploma and doctorate degree in mechanical engineering from the KIT (Karlsruhe, Germany) in 2008 and 2013, respectively. During his PhD he worked at the Institute of Microstructure Technology on the development of microfluidic control systems. 2013 he started to work as post-doctoral and group leader at the Laboratory for Material Process Technology at the Department of Microsystem Engineering (Freiburg, Germany) in development and fabrication of functional polymer and ceramic based component/devices. In 2017 he founded memetis GmbH which develops SMA based microactuators.
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Contactless Gripping – Paving the Way Towards Flexible Micromanipulation
Marcel Schuck received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany in 2011 and the M.Sc. degree in the same field from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. He received an MBA degree from the Collège des Ingénieurs in Paris, France in 2014 and a Ph.D. degree with distinction from ETH Zurich, Switzerland in 2017, where he is currently a Pioneer Fellow in collaboration with the Power Electronic Systems Laboratory. His research interests include ultra-high speed bearingless machines, acoustic levitation, and mechatronic systems. He is also the CEO & co-founder of No-Touch Robotics, a company commercializing contactless robotic gripping my means of acoustic forces.
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Efficient SMA Actuation - Design & Control Concepts
2018 - Head of Division "Sensors and Actuators" at ZeMA 2018 - PhD at Saarland University (intelligent Material Systems Lab - iMSL, Prof. Seelecke) 2016 - Group Leader "Shape Memory Alloys" at ZeMA 2013 - M.Sc. Saarland University - Mechatronics
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Institute of Robotic Systems and Computer Vision, Innopolis University, Russia
Twisted String Actuators in Robotics: Design, Control, and Applications
Prof. Dr. Igor Gaponov received his bachelor's degree in Automation and Control from Southwestern State University (Russia) in 2006 and his master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Korea University of Technology and Education (KoreaTech) in 2008. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from KoreaTech in 2011 and a Ph.D. degree in Robotics, Mechatronics and Robotics Systems from MSTU “STANKIN” after completing a dual degree program in 2012. He has been working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at KoreaTech between 2011 and 2019. Since 2019, Igor Gaponov has been serving as professor at the Institute of Robotic Systems and Computer Vision, Innopolis University, Russia. Igor’s main research interests include nonlinear control theory, novel actuators and mechanism design, and assistive robotic systems.
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School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering of Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT), Wuhan, China
Online unbalanced vibration suppression of a flexible rotor supported by active magnetic bearing
Dr. Huachun WU is currently a professor in the School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering of Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT), China. He obtained the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in Wuhan University of Technology, China in 2005. He became a professor in 2014 and a supervisor of Ph.D students in 2015 and Master students in 2009 in WHUT. His research interests include actuators, magnetic bearing, rotordynamics, and control. He is the vice dean of School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, director of the Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Magnetic Suspension since 2017. He has published more than 60 papers and authored 15 patents. He has been in charge of NSFC, national R&D projects, and more than 20 other kinds of developing projects.
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A. Actuators for robotics and autonomous applications
Session Chairs
Dr. Giorgio Grioli, IIT Central Research Labs Genova (https://www.iit.it/people/giorgio-grioli)
Dr. Navvab Kashiri, IIT Central Research Labs Genova (https://www.iit.it/people/navvab-kashiri)
B. Actuator materials
Session Chair
Professor Kenji Uchino, Director of International Center for Actuators and Transducers Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Materials (https://www.eecs.psu.edu/departments/directory-detail-g.aspx?q=KXU1)
C. Novel design and device concepts
Session Chair
Professor Weimin Huang, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore
D. Miniaturized and micro-actuators
Session Chairs
Dr. Manfred Kohl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Karlsruhe, Germany
Dr. Kirill Poletkin, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute of Microstructure Technology Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
E. Actuators for aircrafts and on- and off-road vehicles/machines
Session Chair
Dr. Luca Papini, Department of Energy, System, Territory and Construction, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
F. Actuators for manufacturing
H. Actuators for hydraulic systems
Session Chairs
Dr. Damiano Padovani, University of Agder (https://www.uia.no/kk/profil/damianop)
Professor Tatiana Minav, Assistant Professor (tenure track), Hybrid Drives Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences | Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering (https://www.tuni.fi/en/tatiana-minav)
I. Soft and biohybrid actuators
Session Chair
Dr. Aslan Miriyev, Materials and Technology Center of Robotics, Empa- Swiss Federal Labs for Materials Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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J. Cooperative micro-actuator systems
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Manfred Kohl, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Karlsruhe, Germany