Program for Actuator 2021 - 17th International Conference on New Actuator Systems and Applications
Wednesday, February 17
Wednesday, February 17 13:45 - 14:45
A1: Piezoelectric Actuators (1)
Room: Track 1
Chairs: Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
- 13:45 Piezoelectric Active Spherical Shell Reflector for Space
- 13:55 Uniaxial Stress and Temperature Resilience of HPZ Piezoelectric
- 14:05 High Power Synthetic Jet Actuator
B1: Shape Memory Actuators (1)
Room: Track 2
Chairs: Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)
- 13:45 SMA thick wires for fast actuation
- 13:55 Alternating Current Activation of SMA Wires
- 14:05 Self-locking SMA Actuator for Optical Zoom in Smartphones
- 14:15 SMA actuators made from continuously rolled sheets
- 14:25 SMA Microsprings for high stroke in tight geometries
C1: Magnetostrictive Devices
Room: Track 3
Chair: Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)
- 13:45 Interfacial adhesion evaluation of magnetostrictive thin films applying electrochemical hydrogen loading technique
- 13:55 Self-sensing Nanometric Magnetoelectric Actuator Based on Metglas/PZT Composites
- 14:05 Effect of in-situ substrate biases changes and ex-situ hydrogen loading on in-plane stress in Sm-Fe thin films
- 14:15 Effect of hydrogen solution on the Young's modulus of Nickel
D1: Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
Room: Track 4
Chair: Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
- 13:45 Industrializing silicone stack transducers for vehicles of the future
- 13:55 Concept and Fabrication of Silicone-based Rolled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (RDEAs) for Soft Robots
- 14:05 Optimization of Electro-Zipping Actuators Using Dielectric Elastomers as Insulating Layer
- 14:15 Influence of electrode design on actuation characteristics of cooperative DEAP actuators
- 14:25 Soft Robotic Module Actuated by Silicone-Based Rolled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators - Modeling and Simulation
Wednesday, February 17 14:45 - 15:00
Short Break
Wednesday, February 17 15:00 - 16:30
Review Talks I
Room: Plenary
Chairs: Helmut F. Schlaak (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany), Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
- 15:00 Shape Memory Alloy Actuation in Aerospace: materials, applications, demonstrations, and barriers to acceptance
- 15:30 Advances in Magnetorheological Actuators
- 16:00 Novel MEMS actuators with advanced piezoelectric and magnetic materials
Wednesday, February 17 16:30 - 16:45
Short Break
Wednesday, February 17 16:45 - 17:45
A2: Piezoelectric Actuators (2)
Room: Track 1
Chair: Waldemar Spomer (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
- 16:45 Extremum seeking control of preload-controllable ultrasonic motor
- 16:55 Generating Homogeneous Gas Mixtures by Using Acoustic Waves
- 17:05 Controller design for the Vector Control of Piezoelectric transducers
- 17:15 MSPA motors for rotary motions
B2: Shape Memory Actuators (2)
Room: Track 2
Chair: Giorgio Vergani (SAES Getters S.p.A., Italy)
- 16:45 Bending actuators based on SMA wires - designed for easy integration
- 16:55 Evolution of a resettable Hold-Down and Release Actuator Based on SMA Technology
- 17:05 Design of complex NiTi dampers trough subtractive and additive production processes: three case studies
- 17:15 Numerical and experimental analysis of the discrete workspace of a prestressed planar mechanism driven by six SMA wires
- 17:25 Multi-stable proportional valve: An energy efficient approach for high temperature passive magnetic shape memory applications
- 17:35 Effects of abnormal grain growth on shape memory characteristics of Cu-Al-Mn alloys
C2: Advanced Microactuators
Room: Track 3
Chair: Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
- 16:45 Low powered Uni-directional actuator for wireless active enteroscopy
- 16:55 Effect of hydrogen solution on the Young's modulus of rolled tungsten
- 17:05 Piezoelectric Motor Operated Both in Resonance and DC Modes
- 17:15 Miniaturized electric linear drive with permanent magnetic weight compensation
- 17:25 Enhanced Low Harmonic Waveform for Low-bandwidth Inertia-drive Actuator
Thursday, February 18
Thursday, February 18 13:45 - 14:45
A3: Piezoelectric Actuators (3)
Room: Track 1
Chairs: Hassan Hariri (Rafik Hariri University, Lebanon), Patrick Pertsch (PI Ceramic GmbH, Germany)
- 13:45 Gimbal mechanism design based on piezoelectric motors
- 13:55 Dual-source dual-frequency drive and modeling of resonance type piezoelectric motors
- 14:05 Ship Propulsion by Means of Acoustic Radiation
- 14:15 High frequency oscillation control technique for Piezoelectric Damping System
- 14:25 Phase difference torque control of USM for walking assist system
- 14:35 Core-shell droplet generation device using a flexural vibration by a bolt-clamped Langevin type ultrasonic transducer
B3: Shape Memory Actuators (3)
Room: Track 2
Chair: Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
- 13:45 Development of a Bistable SMA Actuated Industrial Gripper Based on a Compliant Design
- 13:55 Surface Shape Control using a Shape Memory Actuator
- 14:05 Development of an SMA Based End-effector Prototype for Material Handling in Manufacturing Processes
- 14:15 Model-Based, Self-Sensing Actuator System based on antagonistic SMA Wires
C3: Actuator Control and Electronics
Room: Track 3
Chairs: Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Takeshi Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
- 13:45 A Compact Control Unit for a Pneumatic Soft Colonoscope
- 13:55 Individually Tunable Array of Micro Fresnel Mirrors
- 14:05 Low-scale HV Amplifier for driving thin-film DE Transducers
- 14:15 Flatness-based Control for Dielectric Elastomer Transducers
- 14:25 Training and Modelling the Non-Linear Behavior of an MR Brake by Using RNN and LSTM
D3: ER/MR Fluids
Room: Track 4
Chairs: Janusz Gołdasz (BWI Group, Technical Center Krakow, Poland), Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)
- 13:45 Design and experimental evaluation of energy-efficient MRF-coupling elements with multiple shear gaps for enhancement of torque capacity
- 13:55 Landing Efficiency of Aircraft Landing Gear System with MR Dampers
- 14:05 Magnetorheological Yaw Damper with Short Response Time for Railway Vehicle Bogie
- 14:15 A New Configuration of MR Damper with Pole Shape Function: Design and Analysis
- 14:25 Impact of material properties on the dynamics of MR dampers
- 14:35 Parallel Field Segmentation Concept in ER/MR Dampers for a simpler Control System
Thursday, February 18 14:45 - 15:00
Short Break
Thursday, February 18 15:00 - 17:00
Review Talks II
Room: Plenary
Chairs: Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany), Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
- 15:00 Dielectric elastomer transducers for medical applications
- 15:30 Mechatronic Applications of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys
- 16:00 Kinesthetic and surface haptics for future intuitive HMI
- 16:30 High-Power Piezoelectric Characterization System (HiPoCS)
Thursday, February 18 17:00 - 17:15
Short Break
Thursday, February 18 17:15 - 18:15
A4: Piezoelectric Actuators (4)
Room: Track 1
Chair: Waldemar Spomer (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
- 17:15 Efficient Simulation Model of a Circular Piezoelectric Actuator with TDNNS Elements in Netgen/NGSolve
- 17:25 Flat small size piezoelectric actuator operating in several modes
- 17:35 Hemispherical resonators made of soft and hard piezo material for planar ultrasonic motors
- 17:45 A vibro-impact approach to PILine® ultrasonic motors
- 17:55 Optical evaluation of the large signal behaviour of piezoelectric disc actuators to increase the precision of micro diaphragm pumps
- 18:05 Energy Harvesting System by Piezoelectric Power Generation using Mechanical-acoustic Coupling
B4: Shape Memory Actuators (4) / MSM
Room: Track 2
Chair: Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)
- 17:15 Hybrid dynamical model for elastocaloric heating and cooling device based on Shape Memory Alloy wires
- 17:25 Active Vibration Damping and Control using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Foil-Based Devices
- 17:35 Modelling the Stress-dependent Hysteresis of Shape Memory Alloys
- 17:45 Fully coupled multiphysics simulation model of magnetic shape memory actuators
- 17:55 New Separation Processes for Fabrication of Magnetic Shape Memory Actuator Elements
C4: Electromagnetic Actuators
Room: Track 3
Chairs: Roland Keller (Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG, Germany), Wolfgang Amrhein (ACCM GmbH, Austria)
- 17:15 Magnetic Levitation Positioning Stages for Molecular Cleanliness
- 17:25 Zero Boil Off Compressor based on MICA Actuators
- 17:35 Permanent magnet linear actuator: causal and non-linear modelling
- 17:45 Precise Position Control of Linear Motors using Stator Magnets as the Measurement Scale
- 17:55 Large stroke Rotary Voice Coil Motor for cryogenic application
D4: Aerospace
Room: Track 4
Chair: Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France)
- 17:15 FPSA & BSMA: Nanometric positioning actuators for ground and space applications
- 17:25 Magnetically actuated Fast Steering Mirrors
- 17:35 Modeling and Experiments of Additively-Manufactured Fluid Actuated Morphing Unit Structures
- 17:45 Slipring rotor made by Additive Manufacturing: redesign, manufacturing and validation testing for space applications
- 17:55 Measurement by vibrating reed method of Young's modules of Carbon fiber reinforced plastics
Friday, February 19
Friday, February 19 13:45 - 14:45
A5: Medical Devices (1)
Room: Track 1
Chairs: Bert Müller (University of Basel, Switzerland), Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
- 13:45 Concentric muscles - Miniature Pneumatic Actuation with Integrated Channel for Surgical Instruments
- 13:55 Posture Control of Hand Using Multi-balloon Actuator
- 14:05 Robust Silicon Micropump of Chip Size 5x5x0.6 mm3 with 4 ml/min Air and 0.5 ml/min Water Flow Rate
- 14:15 Titanium Micro Diaphragm Pump for Implantable Medical Applications
- 14:25 Investigation of Flexural Mechanical Amplifier for the Development of Miniaturized and Large Force Piezoelectric Actuator for Medical Implant Applications
- 14:35 Comparison of smart artificial muscles with different functional fibers
B5: Magnetic Shape Memory Actuators
Room: Track 2
Chairs: Andrea Böhm (Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik, Germany), Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
- 13:45 A Combined Magneto-Mechanical Characterization Procedure for Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys
- 13:55 Experimental Investigation of an MSM controlled Reluctance Actuator
- 14:05 A valve-free, bidirectional, self-priming micropump
- 14:15 Compact Damping System with Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys
C5: Polymer-based Actuators
Room: Track 3
Chair: Aaron Price (Western University, Canada)
- 13:45 Actuation with Magnetoactive Polymers
- 13:55 Self-Sensing Electroadhesive Polymer Gripper with Magnetically Controllable Surface Geometry
- 14:05 Electromechanical characterization and laser structuring of Ni-based sputtered metallic compliant electrodes for DE applications
- 14:15 Modelling and characterization of a Soft Inverse Pneumatic Artificial Muscle
- 14:25 Bridging the Gap between High Actuation Displacements and Rapid Response Times for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
D5: Applications
Room: Track 4
Chair: Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)
- 13:45 The Influence of Boundary Condition and Collision Position on the Elastic Collision of Bar and Beam
- 13:55 Road Noise Reduction inside car cabin using Active Structural Acoustic Control (ASAC)
- 14:05 Evaluation of low-cost inertial measurement units for application in high-volume autonomous vehicles
- 14:15 Compact 3D-printed z-positioning unit for high-throughput microscopy
- 14:25 IRESA - Intelligent Redundant Spacecraft Actuator, Generation II
Friday, February 19 14:45 - 15:00
Short Break
Friday, February 19 15:00 - 16:30
Review Talks III
Room: Plenary
Chairs: Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- 15:00 Emerging advanced manufacturing techniques for electroactive polymer transducers
- 15:30 Energy-efficient Actuation Concepts for SMAS
- 16:00 Electromagnetic Actuators
Friday, February 19 16:30 - 16:40
Introduction to DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'
Room: Plenary
Chair: Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)
- 16:30 Introduction to the Symposium of the DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'
Friday, February 19 16:40 - 16:50
Closing Remarks
Room: Plenary
Chair: Helmut F. Schlaak (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
Friday, February 19 16:50 - 17:05
Short Break
Friday, February 19 17:05 - 18:05
A6: Medical Devices (2) / Haptic Devices
Room: Track 1
Chairs: Jérôme Perret (Haption GmbH, Germany), Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- 17:05 Rendering Large-Area Deformable Tissue Haptics through Robotic Encountering Technology
- 17:15 Electromagnetic tuneable haptic feedback for HMI devices
- 17:25 Twisted String Actuation for an active modular hand orthosis
- 17:35 Energy Harvesting in and on the Human Body
- 17:45 Monolithic joints and linkages for low-cost microscopy
B6: Emerging Actuator Principles
Room: Track 2
Chair: Joost Lötters (Bronkhorst High-Tech B.V., The Netherlands)
- 17:05 High force density actuators with inherent safety
- 17:15 Fully Parametrized Electromechanical Design Method and Toolchain for an Automotive Axial-Flux Synchronous Machine
- 17:25 Effects of hydrogen treatment and substrate hardness on the negative magnetostrictive thin films and their coatings
- 17:35 Stepwise electrostatic actuator system for THz reflect arrays
- 17:45 Twisted polymeric and CNT yarn-based actuators and energy harvesters
- 17:55 Bending of molecular crystals as mechanical response on the light excitation
C6: Special Solutions
Room: Track 3
Chair: Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- 17:05 Study of Gyro Monorail Production
- 17:15 Automatic solver selection and solution for CPU based automotive HIL simulations with small step size requirements
- 17:25 Effect of Actuation Signal Variation on Single Stroke Volume in Metal Micro Diaphragm Pumps
- 17:35 Adaptive Beams with Integrated Thermal Actuator
- 17:45 Polymorphism of "bending" crystals of the dicarbonyl-o-semiquinonato rhodium complex
Friday, February 19 17:05 - 18:15
D6: Special Session of the DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'
Room: Track 4
Chair: Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)
- 17:05 A Consistent View on Cooperative Multistage Electrostatic Actuation
- 17:15 Bistable Actuators Based on Shape Memory Alloy/ Polymer Composites
- 17:25 Development of Co-Integrated Shape Memory Actuators for Silicon Micro- and Nanomechanics
- 17:35 Design Concepts of Multistage Multistable Cooperative Electrostatic Actuation System with Scalable Stroke and Large Force Capability
- 17:45 Design and characterization of polymeric domes as biasing elements for dielectric elastomer membrane actuators
- 17:55 Modeling and simulation of compliant biasing systems for dielectric elastomer membranes based on polymeric domes
- 18:05 Simulation of Static Pull-in Instability of Hybrid Levitation Micro-actuators