SPIE EAPAD Conf. EAP-in-Action demos and wrestling arms,

Town & Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CA, March 19, 2007 at 4:30 PM

Session 3 – EAP-in-Action: Moderator - Yoseph Bar-Cohen, JPL

3:10 to 4:30      Preparation for the EAP-in-Action Session

4:30 to 5:45      Wrestling challenge contest and EAP-in-Action Session

EAP-IN-ACTION Session

This Session is intended to turn the spotlight on Electroactive Polymers (EAP) materials and their applications as well as increase the recognition of their potential.   It offers a forum of interaction between the technology developers and potential users as well as "hands-on" experience with this emerging technology.  The attendees are given a great opportunity to see the capability of state-of-the-art of EAP as potential actuators-of-choice.  The Session consists of EAP Armwrestling Contest and demonstrations of EAP actuators and devices. In the wrestling contest in 2007 we are going to have the participation of a student group from Toronto. The capability of this arm will be gauged for speed and force and compared to the baseline that was established in the 2006 EAPAD’s Armwrestling Contest.  Also, we are going to have five research and industry presenters demonstrating their latest EAP actuators and devices.  The affiliation of the presenters includes Artificial Muscle, Inc.; Empa - Materials Science & Technology, Switzerland; Ras Labs, L.L.C., Intelligent Materials for Prosthetics & Automation; SRI International; University of Pisa, Research Centre “E. Piaggio”, Italy; and Hyper Drive Corporation, Japan.

EAP Demonstrations

Lead Presenter	Affiliation	Title
Federico Carpi	Institution: University of Pisa, Research Centre “E. Piaggio”, Italy f.carpi@ing.unipi.it	· Contractile folded dielectric elastomer actuators · Buckling dielectric elastomer actuators
Roy Kornbluh	SRI International roy.kornbluh@sri.com	An EAP generator
Silvain Michel	Head Electro Active Polymers, Empa - Materials Science & Technology, Switzerland Silvain.Michel@empa.ch Gabor.Kovacs@empa.ch	A large blimp will fly indoor and steered by EAP-actuated controlled surfaces
Lenore Rasmussen	Owner & Scientist, Intelligent Materials for Prosthetics & Automation, Ras Labs, L.L.C., raslabs@patmedia.net www.patmedia.net/raslabs	Electroactive Polymer Materials: Beauty in Motion
Charlie Duncheon	Executive VP Sales and Marketing, Artificial Muscle, Inc., (650) 331-2895 charlie.duncheon@artificialmuscle.com tim.coogan@artificialmuscle.com	· The first high volume standard commercial product - DLP95 lens positioner,  · Standard Universal Muscle Actuator platform · UMA based prototype products (including proportional valve)
Hyper Drive Corporation	Seiki Chiba, SRI International, Park Side House 8F, 2 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0082, Japan, TEL: 81-3-5211-8511/8512, FAX: 81-3-5211-8524 Seiki.chiba@sri.com Mikio Waki, Hyper Drive Corporation, Motter’s 111, 5-10-5, Shimo-Ochiai, Chuo-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama pre., 338-0002, Japan, TEL: 81-48-747-7052, FAX: 81-48-747-7053 Roy Kornbluh, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, TEL: 650-859-2527, FAX: 650-859-5510, roy.kornbluh@sri.com Ron Pelrine, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, TEL: 303-554-6790, FAX: 303-554-6799, ron.pelrine@sri.com	New commercial EAP actuated prototypes will be shown including loudspeaker and generator powering a wireless communication device. Speaker EPAM generation and Wireless

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