2003 EAPAD Conference,
EAP-in-Action Session, Held on
MODERATOR: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Chair, EAPAD Conference
This Session that is held annually as part of the SPIE’s EAPAD conference is intended to turn the spotlight on Electroactive Polymers (EAP) materials and their applications as well as increase the recognition of their potential for smart structures. New materials and applications are continuing to emerge and this session is intended to provide the attendees an opportunity to see a demonstration of EAP materials in action. This Session offers a forum of interaction between the technology developers and potential users as well as a "hands-on" experience with this emerging technology. It provides a great opportunity to see the capability of state-of-the-art of EAP as potential actuators-of-choice. It is anticipated that the first Human/EAP-Robot Armwrestling Competition will be held is a future forum of this session.
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Presenters |
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Electronic Braille Prototype Cell; 2.
Valve + Sensor Smart Packaging
System 3. Remote Control Rudder for Model Aircraft. |
Geoffrey Spinks, Gordon Wallace, Dezhi Zhou, Binbin Xi and
William Megill - IPRI,
John Gillespie - Quantum Technologies Ltd, Australia.
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Dielectric Electro-elastomer EAP: A demo will be made showing the stretching capabilities of this EAP and its applications as actuators, generators and sensors |
Roy Kornbluh, Ron Pelrine,
Qibing Pei, Jonathan Heim, Richard Heydt, Joseph Eckerle, Seajin Oh, Scott
Stanford, Neville Bonwit, Philip von Guggenberg, and Don Czyzyk, SRI
International, Menlo Park, California, USA |
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EAP Based Braille Display – A self supporting and hydraulic (SSH) system in an EAP based Braille Cell will be demonstrated. |
Paul Yang - |
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EAP products - NanoSonics will present its EAP products including ionomeric transducers. The demonstration will
include EAP sensors, analysis methods and design software. NanoSonic is
a materials supplier for electroactive polymers, including ionomeric transducers, conductive polymers, conducting
coatings and carbon nanotubes. |
Don
Leo, Rick Claus, Matt Bennett, Marten
de Vries and Tingying Zeng, NanoSonic Inc., |
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Humanoid Robot Head enacting facial expressions –The model that will be presented represents several steps forward in making an EAP testbed ideal for demonstration of artificial muscles |
David Hanson - UT |
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VIDEO - Robotic Fish – the first commercial EAP-based product and a major milestone for the field - EAP actuators (1mm x 12mm is size) are responsible for the fish swimming and they are attached between the body and fish tail and fins. |
Kazuo Onishi and Shingo Sewa, EAMEX Corp– development of the high performance EAP
actuator and the fish robots DAIICHI KOGEI Corp – manufacturing and marketing |
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VIDEO - Microrobot, some microactuators, in-vitro surgery of blood vessel
connector and short video of implantation surgery (on laboratory rats).. A hands on
non-functioning old microactuator samples will also
be shown for actual size |
Edwin Jager, Micromuscle
AB, Westmansgatan, Sweden |
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VIDEO
- Carbon Nanotubes EAP The video will show the response to +2V
square wave signal where the Nanotube film changes
its shape. The sample was tested using
cyclic, differential, and normal signals showing a similar response. During activation bubbles are seen emitted
from the film and the presenters are concerned that the shape change is not
an EAP behavior but a result of the bubbles emission. When the film is placed in a strong organic
base there is no movement in the potential range of -2V (< reduction
potential for electrolysis in this base). Sample - A gold plated Nanotube electrode in a three electrode system of a single compartment cell. The electrolyte is 2M Nano3 with platinum and an Ag/AgCl as the counter and the reference electrodes. |
Liming Dai and Prabhu Soundarrajan - |
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