The 11th SPIE’s EAPAD Conf.

 

Session 3: EAP-in-Action Session

San Diego, CA, March 9, 2009

Moderator - Yoseph Bar-Cohen, JPL

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

4:30 to 5:45      EAP-in-Action Session demonstrations

EAP-IN-ACTION Session

This Session, which is part of the 11th SPIE’s EAPAD Conference, is intended to turn the spotlight on Electroactive Polymers (EAP) materials, their capability, and their potential for smart structures.  New materials and applications are continuing to emerge and this is a great opportunity for the attendees to see state-of-the-art demonstrations of the unique capabilities of EAP as possible actuators-of-choice.  This Session offers a forum for interaction between developers and potential users as well as a "hands-on" experience with this emerging technology.  It was during this session that the first Human/EAP-Robot Armwrestling Contest was held in 2005. 

In 2009, we are going to have exciting demonstrations by 8 groups from the following countries: China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the USA.  These demos will include various novel EAP actuators, prototypes and emerging products. 

 

 

Affiliation

Presenters

Topic of demo

China - Centre for Composite Materials, Harbin Institute of Technology,

Jinsong Leng

Facial expression-driven system using Dielectric Elastomer actuatorIMG_2804

Denmark - Danfoss PolyPower A/S, Nordborg

Hans-Erik Kiil, Director R&D, and Michael Tryson, Electronics Specialist,

 

Demonstrating the performance of PolyPower® DEAP 

1. PolyPower DEAP material

2. Powerful Push & Pull actuating devices

3. PolyPower based actuator in an industrial demonstration

 

Italy - University of Pisa, Research Centre “E. Piaggio”

Federico Carpi 

Hydrostatically coupled dielectric elastomer actuators

Japan and USA -  Hyper Drive Corp., Japan and SRI International

·  Mikio Waki of Hyper Drive Corp., Japan

·  Roy Kornbluh, SRI International

·  Philip von Guggenberg SRI International

·  Seiki Chiba, SRI International

EPAM-based energy harvester

New Zealand - The Auckland Bioengineering Institute's Biomimetics Lab.

Iain Anderson, Emilio Calius, Todd Gisby, Ben O’Brien, Thomas McKay and Scott Walbran

 

Dielectric Elastomer (DE) EAP demonstrations:

1. DE Actuator (DEA) based rotary motor;

2. DE Minimum Energy Structures (DEMES) and their applications;

3. Fine control of DEAs using capacitive self sensing;

4. DEA as art forms.

Actuating DEMES   MVI_1388 005_0010

 

DEA rotary motor Portable Motor_0001

Switzerland - EMPA Dübendorf, Laboratory for Mechanical Systems Engineering

Gabor Kovacs

Contractive tension force stack actuator based on soft dielectric EAP

Passive                                    Active

USA - Artificial Muscle, Inc. (AMI), Sunnyvale, CA

Al Zarrabi, and Peter Gise

Program Manager: Marcus Rosenthal

Devices based on AMI SmartMOVE actuator technology including diaphragm pumps, valves, and haptic displays.

 

Diaphragm pumps                                                     Pump driven by EAP

 

NOTE: The above images are 2008 Copyright of Artificial Muscle, Inc.  and are used with permission

USA - Ras Labs, LLC, Intelligent Materials for Prosthetics & Robotics, Hillsborough, NJ

Lenore Rasmussen

Contractile Electroactive Polymeric Materials

 

A.  Before electric stimulus.     B.  After electric stimulus.

     Note:  Red dye added to EAP to enhance visualization.

 

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