Program for Actuator 2021 - 17th International Conference on New Actuator Systems and Applications

Time Plenary Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4

Wednesday, February 17
13:45-14:45   A1: Piezoelectric Actuators (1) B1: Shape Memory Actuators (1) C1: Magnetostrictive Devices D1: Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
14:45-15:00 Short Break
15:00-16:30 Review Talks I        
16:30-16:45 Short Break
16:45-17:45   A2: Piezoelectric Actuators (2) B2: Shape Memory Actuators (2) C2: Advanced Microactuators  

Thursday, February 18
13:45-14:45   A3: Piezoelectric Actuators (3) B3: Shape Memory Actuators (3) C3: Actuator Control and Electronics D3: ER/MR Fluids
14:45-15:00 Short Break
15:00-17:00 Review Talks II        
17:00-17:15 Short Break
17:15-18:15   A4: Piezoelectric Actuators (4) B4: Shape Memory Actuators (4) / MSM C4: Electromagnetic Actuators D4: Aerospace

Friday, February 19
13:45-14:45   A5: Medical Devices (1) B5: Magnetic Shape Memory Actuators C5: Polymer-based Actuators D5: Applications
14:45-15:00 Short Break
15:00-16:30 Review Talks III        
16:30-16:40 Introduction to DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'        
16:40-16:50 Closing Remarks        
16:50-17:05 Short Break
17:05-18:05   A6: Medical Devices (2) / Haptic Devices B6: Emerging Actuator Principles C6: Special Solutions D6: Special Session of the DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA'
18:05-18:15        

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
Kainan Wang (Wuhan University, China); David Alaluf (European Space Agency - ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands); Thomas Godfroid and Damien Robert (Materia Nova, Belgium); Gonçalo Rodrigues (European Space Agency, The Netherlands); André Preumont (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
13:55 Uniaxial Stress and Temperature Resilience of HPZ Piezoelectric
Tim Comyn and Peter Cowing (Ionix Advanced Technologies, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Andrew Bell (University of Leeds, Germany)
14:05 High Power Synthetic Jet Actuator
Gerald Aigouy, Etienne Betsch and Gladys Jaussaud (Cedrat Technologies, France); Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France); Frederic Ternoy, Emmanuel Eglinger, Julien Dandois, Pierre More and Quentin Gallas (Onera, France)

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
Marco Citro and Salvatore Coco (Saes Getters, Italy)
13:55 Alternating Current Activation of SMA Wires
Tom Gorges (Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology - ZeMA gGmbH & University of Applied Sciences - HTW Saar, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany)
14:05 Self-locking SMA Actuator for Optical Zoom in Smartphones
Michael Honold (University of Applied Sciences Aalen, Germany); Neven Bobic and Markus Koepfer (Actuator Solutions GmbH, Germany); Arif Kazi (Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
14:15 SMA actuators made from continuously rolled sheets
Charles C Castillo and Stefan Knoll (G Rau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
14:25 SMA Microsprings for high stroke in tight geometries
Luca Fumagalli and Matteo Zanella (SAES Getters SpA, Italy); Marco Citro (Saes Getters, Italy)

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
S. Ono, R. Tokiwa, Yoshihito Matsumura and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
13:55 Self-sensing Nanometric Magnetoelectric Actuator Based on Metglas/PZT Composites
Yikun Yang, Haomin Wu and Bintang Yang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
14:05 Effect of in-situ substrate biases changes and ex-situ hydrogen loading on in-plane stress in Sm-Fe thin films
Masato Kamiya, R. Tokiwa, Kengo Yamaguchi, H. T. Uchida, Yoshihito Matsumura, R. Gemma, Ryuichi Kataoka and S. Ono (Tokai University, Japan)
14:15 Effect of hydrogen solution on the Young's modulus of Nickel
Mutsuki Matsumoto, R. Yamane, R. Tokiwa, H. Odaka, T. Adachi, A. Kaneko, Toshikio Takimoto, A. Tonegawa, H. Tsuchiya and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)

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
Daniel Haefliger (SATECO XT AG, Switzerland)
13:55 Concept and Fabrication of Silicone-based Rolled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (RDEAs) for Soft Robots
Julian Kunze (Saarland University & ZeMA, Germany); Johannes Prechtl and Daniel Bruch (Saarland University, Germany); Sophie Nalbach (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)
14:05 Optimization of Electro-Zipping Actuators Using Dielectric Elastomers as Insulating Layer
Michael J. Gareis and Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
14:15 Influence of electrode design on actuation characteristics of cooperative DEAP actuators
Rui Zhu (Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany); Ulrike Wallrabe, Peter Woias and Matthias C Wapler (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany); Ulrich M Mescheder (Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany)
14:25 Soft Robotic Module Actuated by Silicone-Based Rolled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators - Modeling and Simulation
Johannes Prechtl (Saarland University, Germany); Julian Kunze (Saarland University & ZeMA, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)

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
James H Mabe (The Boeing Company & Texas A&M University, USA)
15:30 Advances in Magnetorheological Actuators
Janusz Gołdasz (BWI Group, Technical Center Krakow, Poland); Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))
16:00 Novel MEMS actuators with advanced piezoelectric and magnetic materials
Fabian Stoppel (Fraunhofer ISIT, Germany)

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
Abdullah M Mustafa and Takeshi Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
16:55 Generating Homogeneous Gas Mixtures by Using Acoustic Waves
Sandro Krempel, Nico Seidel, Sabrina Tietze and Klaus Drese (Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany)
17:05 Controller design for the Vector Control of Piezoelectric transducers
Anis Kaci (University of Lille, France); Frédéric Giraud (University of Lille & L2EP / IRCICA, France); Christophe Giraud-Audine (Ensam, France); Michel Amberg and Betty Semail (University of Lille, France)
17:15 MSPA motors for rotary motions
Jonathan Stentz, Alexandre Pagès, Adrien Guignabert, Jolan Gauthier and Aurore Loubet (Cedrat Technologies, France); Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France)

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
Moritz Hübler, Nicolà Hammann and Nils Neblung (CompActive GmbH, Germany); Max Kaiser (Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe, Germany)
16:55 Evolution of a resettable Hold-Down and Release Actuator Based on SMA Technology
Marcelo Collado, Cayetano Rivera and Javier Inés (Arquimea Ingeniería, Spain)
17:05 Design of complex NiTi dampers trough subtractive and additive production processes: three case studies
Adelaide Nespoli and Enrico Bassani (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy); Antonio Grande and Paolo Bettini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Elena Villa and Francesca Passaretti (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy)
17:15 Numerical and experimental analysis of the discrete workspace of a prestressed planar mechanism driven by six SMA wires
Rym Boufayed, Xavier Balandraud, Frédéric Chapelle and Jean-François Destrebecq (Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut Pascal, France)
17:25 Multi-stable proportional valve: An energy efficient approach for high temperature passive magnetic shape memory applications
Julius Happel, Emmanouel Pagounis, René Schnetzler, Jonas Heider and Markus Laufenberg (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)
17:35 Effects of abnormal grain growth on shape memory characteristics of Cu-Al-Mn alloys
Benjamin Schelnberger, Robin Roj, Ralf Theiß, Peter Dültgen and Mozhgan Gholami-Kermanshahi (Forschungsgemeinschaft Werkzeuge und Werkstoffe, Germany)

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
Hamza Khan and Alfred Cuschieri (University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
16:55 Effect of hydrogen solution on the Young's modulus of rolled tungsten
R. Yamane, H. T. Uchida, H. Tsuchiya, A. Kaneko, Toshikio Takimoto, T. Adachi, A. Tonegawa and R. Tokiwa (Tokai University, Japan)
17:05 Piezoelectric Motor Operated Both in Resonance and DC Modes
Maxim Wischnewski and Buelent Delibas (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany); Alexej Wischnewski (Physik Instrumente (PI) & GmbH & Co KG, Germany)
17:15 Miniaturized electric linear drive with permanent magnetic weight compensation
Bela Schulte Westhoff, Abd Elkarim Masoud and Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
17:25 Enhanced Low Harmonic Waveform for Low-bandwidth Inertia-drive Actuator
Junyang Wei and Sergej Fatikow (Oldenburg University, Germany)

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
Alvaro Pascual, Cayetano Rivera, Javier Inés and Marcelo Collado (Arquimea Ingeniería, Spain)
13:55 Dual-source dual-frequency drive and modeling of resonance type piezoelectric motors
Burhanettin Koc (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany); Lennart Von Deyn (Physik Instrumente (PI), Germany); Buelent Delibas (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
14:05 Ship Propulsion by Means of Acoustic Radiation
Alexander Backer, Sandro Krempel, Frank Ritter, Sabrina Tietze and Klaus Drese (Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany)
14:15 High frequency oscillation control technique for Piezoelectric Damping System
Shunji Suzuki (Innovative Research Excellence, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Japan); Toshizumi Yamaguchi (Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Japan)
14:25 Phase difference torque control of USM for walking assist system
Tatsuki Sasamura, Takamitsu Kaneko, Abdullah M Mustafa, Yuichiro Orino, Satori Hachisuka and Takeshi Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
14:35 Core-shell droplet generation device using a flexural vibration by a bolt-clamped Langevin type ultrasonic transducer
Kentaro Omori (Okayama University & Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Japan); Nozomu Fujimoto, Takefumi Kanda, Shuichi Wakimoto and Norihisa Seno (Okayama University, Japan)

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
Dominik Scholtes (Saarland University & ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany)
13:55 Surface Shape Control using a Shape Memory Actuator
Ali Berhil (University Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, France); Yves Bernard (Université Paris Sud, France); Laurent Daniel (University Paris Saclay, CentraleSupelec, France)
14:05 Development of an SMA Based End-effector Prototype for Material Handling in Manufacturing Processes
Lukas Zimmer (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Felix Welsch and Susanne-Marie Kirsch (Saarland University & Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany)
14:15 Model-Based, Self-Sensing Actuator System based on antagonistic SMA Wires
Johannes Prechtl (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)

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
Luigi Manfredi (University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
13:55 Individually Tunable Array of Micro Fresnel Mirrors
Binal Poyyathuruthy Bruno and Robert Schütze (University of Freiburg, Germany); Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
14:05 Low-scale HV Amplifier for driving thin-film DE Transducers
Samuel Junglas (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
14:15 Flatness-based Control for Dielectric Elastomer Transducers
Abd Elkarim Masoud (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); Andreas Hubracht and Samuel Junglas (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
14:25 Training and Modelling the Non-Linear Behavior of an MR Brake by Using RNN and LSTM
Mehmet Gorkem Karabulut and Sefa Furkan Kucukoglu (Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey); Can Dede (Izmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü, Turkey)

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
Christian Hegger and Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
13:55 Landing Efficiency of Aircraft Landing Gear System with MR Dampers
Byung-Hyuk Kang (Inha University, Korea (South)); Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))
14:05 Magnetorheological Yaw Damper with Short Response Time for Railway Vehicle Bogie
Michal Kubík, Zbyněk Strecker and Filip Jenis (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Ondřej Macháček (Strojírna Oslavany & Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Matěj Přikryl (Strojírna Oslavany, Czech Republic); Petr Špalek (Škoda Transportation, Czech Republic)
14:15 A New Configuration of MR Damper with Pole Shape Function: Design and Analysis
Bo-Gyu Kim and Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))
14:25 Impact of material properties on the dynamics of MR dampers
Paweł Trębacz (Cracow University of Technology, Poland); Janusz Gołdasz (BWI Group, Technical Center Krakow, Poland); Bogdan Sapiński (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)
14:35 Parallel Field Segmentation Concept in ER/MR Dampers for a simpler Control System
Aditya Suryadi Tan (Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany); Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany); Oliver Radler (Technsiche Universität Ilmenau, Germany)

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
Bert Müller (University of Basel, Switzerland)
15:30 Mechatronic Applications of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys
Sebastian Breisch and Arda Tüysüz (ABB AG Corporate Research, Germany)
16:00 Kinesthetic and surface haptics for future intuitive HMI
Moustapha Hafez (CEA LIST, France)
16:30 High-Power Piezoelectric Characterization System (HiPoCS)
Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)

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
Alexander Reininger, Lukas Grasböck and Daniel Reischl (Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH, Austria); Martin Meindlhumer and Astrid Pechstein (Johannes Kepler University, Austria); Thomas Lechleitner (MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, Austria)
17:25 Flat small size piezoelectric actuator operating in several modes
Dalius Mazeika and Andrius Ceponis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania); Piotr Vasiljev (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania); Sergejus Borodinas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania); Regimantas Bareikis (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania); Vytautas Jūrėnas and Vytautas Ostasevicius (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania); Genadijus Kulvietis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
17:35 Hemispherical resonators made of soft and hard piezo material for planar ultrasonic motors
Frank Schiele and Bernd Gundelsweiler (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
17:45 A vibro-impact approach to PILine® ultrasonic motors
Simon Kapelke (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
17:55 Optical evaluation of the large signal behaviour of piezoelectric disc actuators to increase the precision of micro diaphragm pumps
Agnes Bußmann, Philipp Korzer and Christian Wald (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany)
18:05 Energy Harvesting System by Piezoelectric Power Generation using Mechanical-acoustic Coupling
H. Tsuchiya, S. Iwamori, Hiroyuki Moriyama, H. T. Uchida, T. Adachi and M. Tsuchiya (Tokai University, Japan)

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
Michele Mandolino (Saarland University, Germany); Felix Welsch and Susanne-Marie Kirsch (Saarland University & Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Germany); Nicolas Michaelis (Saarland University & Lab for Measurement Technology, Germany); Andreas Schütze (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)
17:25 Active Vibration Damping and Control using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Foil-Based Devices
Kiran Jacob (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Shuichi Miyazaki (University of Tsukuba, Japan); Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany); Vincent Sessner (KIT, Germany)
17:35 Modelling the Stress-dependent Hysteresis of Shape Memory Alloys
Arif Kazi (Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Philip Frenzel (Hochschule & Hochschule Aalen, Germany); Neven Bobic (Actuator Solutions GmbH, Germany)
17:45 Fully coupled multiphysics simulation model of magnetic shape memory actuators
Robert Courant (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
17:55 New Separation Processes for Fabrication of Magnetic Shape Memory Actuator Elements
Andrea Böhm (Fraunhofer IWU); Gunnar Meichsner and Joerg Schneider (Fraunhofer IWU, Germany); Welf-Guntram Drossel (Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, Germany)

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
Rainer Gloess (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
17:25 Zero Boil Off Compressor based on MICA Actuators
Gerald Aigouy, Steven Rowe and Patrick Meneroud (Cedrat Technologies, France); Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France); Nicolas Pouvesle and Bernhard Strauss (ET Energie Technologie, Germany); Celen Nil (Ariane Group, France); Armin Isselhorst (Ariane Group, Germany); Moritz Branco and Jan Persson (Esa Estec, France)
17:35 Permanent magnet linear actuator: causal and non-linear modelling
Kévin Lauzier (Air Liquide Advanced Technologies & University of Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, Ampère Laboratory, France); Jean-Yves Gauthier (Laboratoire Ampère & INSA de Lyon, France); Sylvie Sesmat (INSA Lyon & University of Lyon, CNRS, Ampère Laboratory, France); Xuefang Lin-Shi (INSA Lyon, France); Federico Bribiesca-Argomedo (INSA Lyon & University of Lyon, CNRS, Ampère Laboratory, France); Diogo Carvalho Lopes (Air Liquide Advanced Technologies, France)
17:45 Precise Position Control of Linear Motors using Stator Magnets as the Measurement Scale
Rolf Slatter (Sensitec GmbH, Germany)
17:55 Large stroke Rotary Voice Coil Motor for cryogenic application
Nabil Bencheikh and Gerald Aigouy (Cedrat Technologies, France)

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
François Barillot, Jocelyn Rebufa, Jonathan Stentz, Adrien Guignabert, Kevin Benoit and Gerald Aigouy (Cedrat Technologies, France); Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France)
17:25 Magnetically actuated Fast Steering Mirrors
Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France); Gerald Aigouy, Kevin Benoit, Jocelyn Rebufa and Marc Fournier (Cedrat Technologies, France)
17:35 Modeling and Experiments of Additively-Manufactured Fluid Actuated Morphing Unit Structures
Srinivas Vasista (German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany); Kathrin Büchner (Otto von Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Germany); Maik Titze and Johannes Riemenschneider (German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany); Hans Peter Monner (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany); Vera Seitz (ACEO® 3D Printing with Silicones, Germany)
17:45 Slipring rotor made by Additive Manufacturing: redesign, manufacturing and validation testing for space applications
Lionel Kiener (CSEM, Switzerland)
17:55 Measurement by vibrating reed method of Young's modules of Carbon fiber reinforced plastics
E. Miura, K. Takeda, T. Adachi, Hideki Kimura, Y. Nishi and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)

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
Julie Legrand and Mouloud Ourak (KULeuven, Belgium); Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)
13:55 Posture Control of Hand Using Multi-balloon Actuator
Ken'ichi Koyanagi, Tomoaki Murabayashi and Toru Oshima (Toyama Prefectural University, Japan); Kenji Kagechika (Toyama Prefectural Rehabilitation Hospital & Support Center for Children with Disabilities); Takumi Tamamoto (Toyama Prefectural University, Japan)
14:05 Robust Silicon Micropump of Chip Size 5x5x0.6 mm3 with 4 ml/min Air and 0.5 ml/min Water Flow Rate
Henry Leistner, Martin Richter, Yuecel Congar, Daniel Anheuer, Martin Wackerle and Siegfried Röhl (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany)
14:15 Titanium Micro Diaphragm Pump for Implantable Medical Applications
Claudia Patricia Durasiewicz (Fraunhofer EMFT, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies, Germany); Agnes Bußmann and Sebastian Kibler (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany)
14:25 Investigation of Flexural Mechanical Amplifier for the Development of Miniaturized and Large Force Piezoelectric Actuator for Medical Implant Applications
Hussam Kloub (Furtwangen University, Germany)
14:35 Comparison of smart artificial muscles with different functional fibers
Shuichi Wakimoto, Sota Kogawa, Hiroaki Matsuda, Kazuya Nagaoka and Takefumi Kanda (Okayama University, Japan)

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
Fabian Ehle (Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany); Peter Neumeister (Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS, Germany); Eric Haufe and Holger Neubert (Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany)
13:55 Experimental Investigation of an MSM controlled Reluctance Actuator
Marco Hutter (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Arif Kazi (Aalen University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Bernd Gundelsweiler (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
14:05 A valve-free, bidirectional, self-priming micropump
Peter Müllner and Andrew Armstrong (Boise State University, USA); Brent Johnston and Aaron Smith (Shaw Mountain Technology LLC, USA)
14:15 Compact Damping System with Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys
Julius Happel, René Schnetzler, Emmanouel Pagounis and Markus Laufenberg (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)

C5: Polymer-based Actuators

Room: Track 3
Chair: Aaron Price (Western University, Canada)
13:45 Actuation with Magnetoactive Polymers
Holger Böse (Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung, Germany); Thomas Gerlach and Johannes Ehrlich (Fraunhofer ISC, Germany)
13:55 Self-Sensing Electroadhesive Polymer Gripper with Magnetically Controllable Surface Geometry
Dirk Sindersberger, Nina Prem and Gareth Monkman (OTH Regensburg, Germany); Klaus Zimmermann (TU Ilmenau, Germany)
14:05 Electromechanical characterization and laser structuring of Ni-based sputtered metallic compliant electrodes for DE applications
Jonas Hubertus (University of Applied Sciences of Saarland, Germany); Günter Schultes (University of Applied Science of Saarland); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello, Sipontina Croce and Julian Neu (Saarland University, Germany)
14:15 Modelling and characterization of a Soft Inverse Pneumatic Artificial Muscle
Lucrezia Lorenzon, Debora Zrinscak, Martina Maselli and Matteo Cianchetti (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy)
14:25 Bridging the Gap between High Actuation Displacements and Rapid Response Times for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators
Matthew Wei Ming Tan, Gurunathan Thangavel and Pooi See Lee (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

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
H. Tsuchiya, H. T. Uchida, R. Yamane and T. Narabayashi (Tokai University, Japan)
13:55 Road Noise Reduction inside car cabin using Active Structural Acoustic Control (ASAC)
Hassan Hariri (Rafik Hariri University, Lebanon); Luc Frechette (Univeristé de Sherbrooke, Canada); Patrice Masson (Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada)
14:05 Evaluation of low-cost inertial measurement units for application in high-volume autonomous vehicles
Christoph Kolhoff, Markus Kemper and Manuel Olze (University of Applied Science Diepholz, Germany)
14:15 Compact 3D-printed z-positioning unit for high-throughput microscopy
Sophie Weiland, Max B. Schäfer and Kent W. Stewart (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
14:25 IRESA - Intelligent Redundant Spacecraft Actuator, Generation II
Robin Roj (Forschungsgemeinschaft Werkzeuge und Werkstoffe, Germany); Florian Schummer (Technische Universität München, Germany); Ralf Theiß and Peter Dültgen (Forschungsgemeinschaft Werkzeuge und Werkstoffe, Germany)

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
Aaron Price (Western University, Canada)
15:30 Energy-efficient Actuation Concepts for SMAS
Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH & Saarland University, Germany)
16:00 Electromagnetic Actuators
Tom Ströhla and Martin Dahlmann (TU Ilmenau, Germany); Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)

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'
Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

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
Sergio Portoles-Diez, Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten and Dominiek Reynaerts (KU Leuven, Belgium); Yasuyoshi Yokokohji (Kobe University, Japan)
17:15 Electromagnetic tuneable haptic feedback for HMI devices
Javier Ríos Quesada and Shinara Utegenova (Moving Magnet Technologies S.A., France)
17:25 Twisted String Actuation for an active modular hand orthosis
Pia Mühlbauer (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Mario Schimbera (Universität Stuttgart, Germany); Kent W. Stewart (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
17:35 Energy Harvesting in and on the Human Body
Ailinn Scheidl and Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
17:45 Monolithic joints and linkages for low-cost microscopy
Christian Tichopad and Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)

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
Wolfgang Zoels, Georg Bachmaier and Christopher McClanahan (MetisMotion GmbH, Germany)
17:15 Fully Parametrized Electromechanical Design Method and Toolchain for an Automotive Axial-Flux Synchronous Machine
Tim Ließke, Folke Schwinning and Thorsten A Kern (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
17:25 Effects of hydrogen treatment and substrate hardness on the negative magnetostrictive thin films and their coatings
R. Tokiwa, S. Nakahiro, S. Ono, Masato Kamiya, R. Gemma, Yoshihito Matsumura and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
17:35 Stepwise electrostatic actuator system for THz reflect arrays
Lisa Schmitt (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany); Philip Schmitt (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany); Jan Barowski and Martin Hoffmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
17:45 Twisted polymeric and CNT yarn-based actuators and energy harvesters
Marcio Dias Lima (990 N Bowser rd. Suite 800. & LINTEC OF AMERICA, USA)
17:55 Bending of molecular crystals as mechanical response on the light excitation
Michael Pavlovich Bubnov (G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of RAS, Russia)

C6: Special Solutions

Room: Track 3
Chair: Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)
17:05 Study of Gyro Monorail Production
S. Amatani, H. Tsuchiya, A. Okuyama and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
17:15 Automatic solver selection and solution for CPU based automotive HIL simulations with small step size requirements
Dennis Kähler, Julius Harms and Thorsten A Kern (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
17:25 Effect of Actuation Signal Variation on Single Stroke Volume in Metal Micro Diaphragm Pumps
Thomas Thalhofer (Fraunhofer EMFT, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies, Germany); Agnes Bußmann (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany); Claudia Patricia Durasiewicz (Fraunhofer EMFT, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies, Germany); Oliver Hayden (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
17:35 Adaptive Beams with Integrated Thermal Actuator
Timon Burghardt (University of Stuttgart & Institute for Engineering Design and Industrial Design, Germany); Christian Kelleter, Matthias Bosch, Matthias Bachmann, Hansgeorg Binz, Lucio Blandini and Werner Sobek (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
17:45 Polymorphism of "bending" crystals of the dicarbonyl-o-semiquinonato rhodium complex
Vladimir Cherkasov (G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of RAS, Russia)

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
Peter Conrad and Martin Hoffmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
17:15 Bistable Actuators Based on Shape Memory Alloy/ Polymer Composites
Sabrina Curtis, Duygu Dengiz, Prasanth Velvaluri, Lars Bumke and Justin Jetter (Kiel University, Germany); Eckhard Quandt (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany)
17:25 Development of Co-Integrated Shape Memory Actuators for Silicon Micro- and Nanomechanics
Zixiong Li and Gowtham Arivanandhan (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Sanaz Rastjoo (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)); Randy Fechner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany); Lars Bumke and Eckhard Quandt (Kiel University, Germany); Manfred Kohl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))
17:35 Design Concepts of Multistage Multistable Cooperative Electrostatic Actuation System with Scalable Stroke and Large Force Capability
Hussam Kloub (Furtwangen University, Germany)
17:45 Design and characterization of polymeric domes as biasing elements for dielectric elastomer membrane actuators
Julian Neu and Sipontina Croce (Saarland University, Germany); Jonas Hubertus (University of Applied Sciences of Saarland, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany); Günter Schultes (HTWsaar, ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
17:55 Modeling and simulation of compliant biasing systems for dielectric elastomer membranes based on polymeric domes
Sipontina Croce and Julian Neu (Saarland University, Germany); Jonas Hubertus (University of Applied Sciences of Saarland, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany); Günter Schultes (HTWsaar, ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
18:05 Simulation of Static Pull-in Instability of Hybrid Levitation Micro-actuators
Kirill Poletkin (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)