Program for Actuator 2020 - 17th International Conference on New Actuator Systems and Applications [Actuator 2021]

Program for Actuator 2020 - 17th International Conference on New Actuator Systems and Applications

Wednesday, February 17
08:45-09:00	Opening
09:00-10:30	Review Talks Session I
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-12:30	S01: Piezoelectric Actuators (1)	S02: Electromagnetic Actuators	S03: Emerging Actuator Principles
12:30-14:00	Lunch Break
14:00-15:30	S04: Piezoelectric Actuators (2)	S05: ER/MR Fluids	S06: Aerospace
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-18:00	Poster Session, Poster Session: Magnetic shape memory actuators, Poster Session: Magnetostrictive actuators and Micro / nano actuators, Poster Session: Medical devices / medical engineering, Poster Session: Other topics, Poster Session: Piezoelectric actuators /Piezoelectric motors, Poster Session: Shape memory actuators
18:00-19:30	Welcome Drink and Snacks
Thursday, February 18
08:30-10:30	Review Talks Session II
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-12:30	S07: Actuator Control and Electronics (1)	S08: Magnetic Shape Memory Actuators	S09: Medical Devices (1)
12:30-14:00	Lunch Break
14:00-15:30	S10: Actuator Control and Electronics (2)	S11: Shape Memory (1)	S12: Medical Devices (2)
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-18:00	Poster Session
18:00-21:00	Get Together
Friday, February 19
09:00-10:30	Review Talks Session III
10:30-10:35	Introduction DFG
10:35-11:00	Coffee Break
11:00-13:30	S13: Polymer Actuators (1)	S14: Shape Memory (2)	S15: DFG Priority Program KOMMMA
13:30-13:40	Closing Remarks and End of the Conference

Wednesday, February 17

Wednesday, February 17 8:45 - 9:00

Opening

Room 1

Chair: Helmut F. Schlaak (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)

Wednesday, February 17 9:00 - 10:30

Review Talks Session I

Room 1

Chairs: Helmut F. Schlaak (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany), Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)

9:00 Shape Memory Alloy Actuation in Aerospace: materials, applications, demonstrations, and barriers to acceptance: James H Mabe (The Boeing Company & Texas A&M University, USA)
9:30 Advances in Magnetorheological Actuators: Janusz Gołdasz (BWI Group, Technical Center Krakow, Poland); Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))
10:00 Novel MEMS actuators with advanced piezoelectric and magnetic materials: Bernhard Wagner (Fraunhofer ISIT, Germany)

Wednesday, February 17 10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Wednesday, February 17 11:00 - 12:30

S01: Piezoelectric Actuators (1)

Room 1

Chairs: Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)

11:00 Design and Evaluation of Piezoelectric Actuator for Dynamic Headlamp Leveling: Santiago Venegas Bayona (Université de Technologie de Compiègne & AML Systems, France); Christine Prelle (University of Technology, Compiegne, France); Frédéric Lamarque (Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France); Anderson Noronha and Hassan Koulouh (AML Systems, France)
11:20 Piezoelectric Active Spherical Shell Reflector for Space: Kainan Wang (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium); 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)
11:40 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)
12:00 Toward an Integrated Vector Control of a Piezoelectric Drive: Christophe Giraud-Audine (Ensam, France); Frédéric Giraud (University of Lille & L2EP / IRCICA, France); Michel Amberg and Betty Semail (University of Lille, France)

S02: Electromagnetic Actuators

Room 2

Chairs: Roland Keller (Dr. Fritz Faulhaber GmbH & Co. KG, Germany), Wolfgang Amrhein (ACCM GmbH, Austria)

11:00 Magnetic Levitation Positioning Stages for Molecular Cleanliness: Rainer Gloess (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
11:20 Zero Boil Off Compressor based on MICA Actuators: Gerald Aigouy, Steven Rowe and Patrick Meneroud (Cedrat Technologies, 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)
11:40 A Compact and Low-Cost Realization of an Anisotropy-Based Sensorless Brushless Drive: Klaus Schuhmacher, Stephan Kleen and Matthias Nienhaus (Saarland University, Germany)
12:00 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)

S03: Emerging Actuator Principles

Room 3

Chair: Joost Lötters (Bronkhorst High-Tech B.V., The Netherlands)

11:00 High force density actuators with inherent safety: Wolfgang Zoels, Georg Bachmaier and Christopher McClanahan (MetisMotion GmbH, Germany)
11:20 Self-sensing Nanometric Magnetoelectric Actuator Based on Metglas/PZT Composites: Yikun Yang, Haomin Wu and Bintang Yang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
11:40 Twisted polymeric and CNT yarn-based actuators and energy harvesters: Marcio Dias Lima (990 N Bowser rd. Suite 800. & LINTEC OF AMERICA, USA)
12:00 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)

Wednesday, February 17 12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

Wednesday, February 17 14:00 - 15:30

S04: Piezoelectric Actuators (2)

Room 1

Chair: Waldemar Spomer (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)

14:00 ASPIC 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)
14:20 Miniaturization of Micro Ultrasonic Motors: Mudassir Hussain and Tomoaki Mashimo (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan)
14:40 Structural Design and Experimental Evaluation of a Large Thrust Actuator Based on Inertial Stick-Slip Driving: Bowen Zhong, Kaiming Huang, Ziqi Jin and LiNing Sun (Soochow University, China)
15:00 Extremum seeking control of preload-controllable ultrasonic motor: Abdullah M Mustafa and Takeshi Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

S05: ER/MR Fluids

Room 2

Chairs: Janusz Gołdasz (BWI Group, Technical Center Krakow, Poland), Thomas Sattel (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany)

14:00 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)
14:20 Landing Efficiency of Aircraft Landing Gear System with MR Dampers: Byung-Hyuk Kang (Inha University, Korea (South)); Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))
14:40 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)
15:00 A New Configuration of MR Damper with Pole Shape Function: Design and Analysis: Bo-Gyu Kim and Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South))

S06: Aerospace

Room 3

Chair: Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France)

14:00 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)
14:20 Magnetically actuated Fast Steering Mirrors: Frank Claeyssen (CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France); Gerald Aigouy, Kevin Benoit, Jocelyn Rebufa and Marc Fournier (Cedrat Technologies, France)
14:40 Design and Analysis of Fluid Actuated Morphing Unit Structures: Srinivas Vasista, Maik Titze and Johannes Riemenschneider (German Aerospace Center DLR, Germany); Hans Peter Monner (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany)
15:00 Development and Operation of Next Generation Microshutter Arrays for Space-Borne Astronomy Platforms: Meng-Ping Chang (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA); Regis Brekosky (SSAI INC, USA); Ari Brown (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA); Nicholas Costen (Jacobs Engineering Group, USA); Rainer Fettig (Beacon Systems INC, USA); Matthew Greenhouse (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA); Gang Hu and Kyowon Kim (SSAI INC, USA); Carl Kotecki (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA); Alexander Kutyrev (University of Maryland, USA); Mary Li (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA); Stephan McCandliss (Johns Hopkins University, USA); Frederick Wang (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA); Ed J Aguayo (Newton LLC, USA)

Wednesday, February 17 15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

Wednesday, February 17 16:00 - 18:00

Poster Session

Poster Session: Magnetic shape memory actuators

Fully coupled multiphysics simulation model of magnetic shape memory actuators: Robert Courant (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
The effect of twins on the path of magnetic flux lines and actuation modes in locally actuated magnetic shape memory bars: Andrew Armstrong, Jiheon Kwon, Medha Veligatla, Paul Lindquist and Peter Müllner (Boise State University, USA)
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)
Compact Damping System with Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Julius Happel, René Schnetzler, Emmanouel Pagounis and Markus Laufenberg (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)
Bi-stable micro-gripper driven by magnetic-shape-memory alloy: René Schnetzler, Julius Happel, Markus Laufenberg and Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)

Poster Session: Magnetostrictive actuators and Micro / nano actuators

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)
Effect of hydrogen solution on the Young's modulus of rolled tungsten: R. Yamane, H. T. Uchida, H. Tsuchiya, A. Kaneko, T. Takimoto, T. Adachi, A. Tonegawa and R. Tokiwa (Tokai University, Japan)
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)
Effect of hydrogen solution on the Young's modulus of Nickel: Mutsuki Matsumoto, R. Yamane, R. Tokiwa, H. Odaka, T. Adachi, A. Kaneko, T. Takimoto, A. Tonegawa, H. Tsuchiya and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
3D MID fabrication with temperature sensor using magnetostrictive inkjet printhead: Young-Woo Park (Chungnam National University, Korea (South))
Rotational Mechanism of a Magnetostrictive Motor: Young-Woo Park (Chungnam National University, Korea (South))
Low powered Uni-directional actuator for wireless active enteroscopy: Hamza Khan and Alfred Cuschieri (University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
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)

Poster Session: Medical devices / medical engineering

Control strategy for a 3D printed hydraulic actuator for medical robots: Marius Siegfarth (Fraunhofer IPA & Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany); Tim Pusch, Eva Currle and Johannes Hemm (Fraunhofer IPA, Germany)
3D-printed leakage-free hydraulic stepping actuator: Johannes Hemm (Fraunhofer IPA, Germany); Marius Siegfarth (Fraunhofer IPA & Heidelberg University, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Germany)
Monolithic joints and linkages for low-cost microscopy: Christian Tichopad and Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
Energy Harvesting in the Human Body: Ailinn Scheidl and Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
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)
A High Speed L1B4 Ultrasonic Linear Motor Using a Skateboard Type Stator: Chaodong LI and Hua Yao (Shanghai University, China)
Piezoelectric Linear Motor Utilizing Self Preload Driving Feet: Hua Yao and Chaodong LI (Shanghai University, China)
Comparison of smart artificial muscles with different functional fibers: Shuichi Wakimoto, Sota Kogawa, Hiroaki Matsuda, Kazuya Nagaoka and Takefumi Kanda (Okayama University, Japan)

Poster Session: Other topics

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)
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)
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)
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)
Slipring rotor made by Additive Manufacturing: redesign, manufacturing and validation testing for space applications: Lionel Kiener (CSEM, Switzerland)
Study of Gyro Monorail Production: S. Amatani, H. Tsuchiya, A. Okuyama and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
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)
Measurement by vibrating reed method of Young's modules of Carbon fiber reinforced plastics: E. Miura, K. Takeda, T. Adachi, Hideki Kimura, H. Tsuchiya, Y. Nishi and H. T. Uchida (Tokai University, Japan)
Soft Robotic Module Actuated by Silicone-Based Rolled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators - Modeling and Simulation: Johannes Prechtl, Rukmini Manoz Banda and Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
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)
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)
Fully Parametrized Electromechanical Design Method and Toolchain for an Automotive Axial-Flux Synchronous Machine: Tim Ließke and Folke Schwinning (Technical University Hamburg, Germany); Thorsten A Kern (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
Towards the design of a compact modular compliant actuator with the use of constant torque springs: Elias Saerens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium); Raphaël Furnémont (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium); Tom Verstraten (The University of Tulsa, USA); Bram Vanderborght and Dirk Lefeber (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Large stroke Rotary Voice Coil Motor for cryogenic application: Nabil Bencheikh and Gerald Aigouy (Cedrat Technologies, France)
Bending of molecular crystals as mechanical response on the light excitation: Michael Pavlovich Bubnov (G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of RAS, Russia)
Polymorphism of "bending" crystals of the dicarbonyl-o-semiquinonato rhodium complex: Vladimir Cherkasov (G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry of RAS, Russia)
Development of A Mechanical Digital Microfluidic Immunoassay with Glass Microspheres: Ya-Jou Lan (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Stepwise electrostatic actuator system for THz reflect arrays: Lisa Schmitt, Martin Hoffmann and Jan Barowski (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany); Philip Schmitt (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)

Poster Session: Piezoelectric actuators /Piezoelectric motors

High frequency oscillation control technique for Piezoelectric Damping System: Shunji Suzuki (Innovative Research Excellence, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Japan)
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)
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)
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)
A vibro-impact approach to PILine® ultrasonic motors: Simon Kapelke (Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
Hemispherical resonators made of soft and hard piezo material for planar ultrasonic motors: Frank Schiele and Bernd Gundelsweiler (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Vibration Amplitude Modulation on Langevin Type Ultrasonic Transducer for Tactile Rendering: Masaya Takasaki, Itaru Shimizu, Daisuke Yamaguchi, Yuji Ishino and Takeshi Mizuno (Saitama University, Japan)
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)
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)
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)
Gimbal mechanism design based on piezoelectric motors: Marcelo Collado, Cayetano Rivera, Alvaro Pascual and Javier Inés (Arquimea Ingeniería, Spain)
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)

Poster Session: Shape memory actuators

Hybrid dynamical model for elastocaloric heating and cooling device based on Shape Memory Alloy wires: Felix Welsch (Saarland University & Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Germany); Michele Mandolino (Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technologies (ZeMA) gGmbH, Germany); Susanne-Marie Kirsch (Saarland University & Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Germany); Nicolas Michaelis (Saarland University & Lab for Measurement Technology, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello and Andreas Schütze (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
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)
Modelling the Stress-dependent Hysteresis of Shape Memory Alloys: Arif Kazi (University of Applied Science Aalen, Germany); Philip Frenzel (Hochschule & Hochschule Aalen, Germany); Neven Bobic (Actuator Solutions GmbH, Germany)
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, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)
Effects of abnormal grain growth on shape memory characteristics of Cu-Al-Mn alloys: Mozhgan Gholami-Kermanshahi, Benjamin Schelnberger, Robin Roj, Ralf Theiß and Peter Dültgen (Forschungsgemeinschaft Werkzeuge und Werkstoffe, Germany)
Modular Design of an SMA driven Continuum Robot: Yannik Goergen (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany)
Development of an SMA Based End-effector Prototype for Material Handling in Manufacturing Processes: Lukas Zimmer (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany)
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, Germany)
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)
Development of a Shape Memory Alloy Linear Actuator Based on Parallel Link Mechanism: Hiro Okamoto and Hironari Taniguchi (Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan)

Wednesday, February 17 18:00 - 19:30

Welcome Drink and Snacks

Thursday, February 18

Thursday, February 18 8:30 - 10:30

Review Talks Session II

Room 1

Chairs: Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany), Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)

8:30 Dielectric elastomer transducers for medical applications: Bert Müller (University of Basel, Switzerland)
9:00 Mechatronic Applications of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys: Sebastian Breisch and Arda Tüysüz (ABB AG Corporate Research, Germany)
9:30 Kinesthetic and surface haptics for future intuitive HMI: Moustapha Hafez (CEA LIST, France)
10:00 High-Power Piezoelectric Characterization System (HiPoCS): Kenji Uchino (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)

Thursday, February 18 10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Thursday, February 18 11:00 - 12:30

S07: Actuator Control and Electronics (1)

Room 1

Chairs: Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Takeshi Morita (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

11:00 A Compact Control Hardware for a Pneumatic Soft Colonoscope: Luigi Manfredi (University of Dundee, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
11:20 Individually Tunable Array of Micro Fresnel Mirrors: Binal Poyyathuruthy Bruno and Robert Schütze (University of Freiburg, Germany); Ulrike Wallrabe (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
11:40 Compensator-free control of smart material actuator systems with hysteresis and control input saturation: Leonardo Riccardi (IUBH International University of Applied Sciences, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)

S08: Magnetic Shape Memory Actuators

Room 2

Chairs: Andrea Böhm (Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik, Germany), Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)

11:00 Ni-Mn-Ga magnetic shape memory single crystal for precise high-speed actuation in micro-magneto-mechanical systems: Denys Musiienko, Ladislav Straka and Oleg Heczko (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic); Kari Ullakko (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Finland)
11:20 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)
11:40 Experimental Investigation of an MSM controlled Reluctance Actuator: Marco Hutter (University of Stuttgart, Germany); Arif Kazi (University of Applied Science Aalen, Germany); Bernd Gundelsweiler (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
12:00 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)

S09: Medical Devices (1)

Room 3

Chairs: Bert Müller (University of Basel, Switzerland), Peter P. Pott (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)

11:00 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)
11:20 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)
11:40 Robust Silicon Micropump of Chip Size 5x5x0.6 mm3 with 4 ml/min Air and 0.5 ml/min Water Flow Rate: Henry Leistner, Yuecel Congar, Martin Richter, Martin Wackerle and Daniel Anheuer (Fraunhofer EMFT, Germany)
12:00 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)

Thursday, February 18 12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

Thursday, February 18 14:00 - 15:30

S10: Actuator Control and Electronics (2)

Room 1

Chairs: Seung-Bok Choi (INHA University, Korea (South)), Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)

14:00 Cost-Efficient and Medium-Power HV-DAB for Bidirectional Feeding of DEAP Transducers: Samuel Junglas (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Hendrik C. Lorenz and Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
14:20 Position Control for Dielectric Elastomer Stack Actuator through Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: Hendrik C. Lorenz (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); Samuel Junglas (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
14:40 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)
15:00 Precise Position Control of Linear Motors using Stator Magnets as the Measurement Scale: Jens Sonntag and Rolf Slatter (Sensitec GmbH, Germany)

S11: Shape Memory (1)

Room 2

Chair: Emmanouel Pagounis (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)

14:00 SMA Microsprings for high stroke in tight geometries: Luca Fumagalli and Matteo Zanella (SAES Getters SpA, Italy); Marco Citro (Saes Getters, Italy)
14:20 SMA Micro-Wire Bundle - Mechanical and Electrical Concepts: Susanne-Marie Kirsch and Felix Welsch (Saarland University & Intelligent Material Systems Lab, Germany); Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
14:40 SMA Foil-Based Active Vibration Damping of Miniature Portable Devices: Kiran Jacob (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Shahabeddin Ahmadi and Frank Wendler (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Shuichi Miyazaki (University of Tsukuba, Japan); Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)
15:00 SMA thick wires for fast actuation: Marco Citro and Salvatore Coco (Saes Getters, Italy)

S12: Medical Devices (2)

Room 3

Chairs: Jérôme Perret (Haption GmbH, Germany), Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)

14:00 Study on ultrasonic scalpel using opposite phase vibration actuator: Minoru Morita (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
14:20 Investigation of Flexural Mechanical Amplifier for the Development of Miniaturized and Large Force Piezoelectric Actuator for Medical Implant Applications: Hussam Kloub (Furtwangen University, Germany); Ulrich M Mescheder (Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany)
14:40 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)
15:00 Electromagnetic tuneable haptic feedback for HMI devices: Javier Ríos Quesada and Shinara Utegenova (Moving Magnet Technologies S.A., France)

Thursday, February 18 15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

Thursday, February 18 16:00 - 18:00

Poster Session

Thursday, February 18 18:00 - 21:00

Get Together

Friday, February 19

Friday, February 19 9:00 - 10:30

Review Talks Session III

Room 1

Chairs: Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany), Emmanuel Benjamin Vander Poorten (KU Leuven, Belgium)

9:00 Emerging advanced manufacturing techniques for electroactive polymer transducers: Aaron Price (Western University, Canada)
9:30 Energy-efficient Actuation Concepts for SMAS: Paul Motzki (ZeMA gGmbH, Germany)
10:00 Electromagnetic Actuators: Tom Ströhla (TU Ilmenau, Germany)

Friday, February 19 10:30 - 10:35

Introduction DFG

Room 1

Chair: Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

10:30 Introduction to the Symposium of the DFG Priority Program SPP2206 'KOMMMA': Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

Friday, February 19 10:35 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Friday, February 19 11:00 - 13:30

S13: Polymer Actuators (1)

Room 1

Chairs: Peter Krippner (Bürkert Werke GmbH & Co. KG, Germany), Aaron Price (Western University, Canada)

11:00 An integrated DEA/electronics valve system for low voltage (12V) operation: Steffen Hau (Desaar GmbH & Saarland University, Germany); Philipp Linnebach, Lars Helle, Dennis Meier, Stephan Lenz and Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Germany)
11:20 Industrializing silicone stack transducers for vehicles of the future: Daniel Haefliger (SATECO XT AG, Switzerland)
11:40 Fabrication and Characterization of a Soft Robotic Module Actuated by Silicone-based Rolled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators: Rukmini Manoz Banda, Johannes Prechtl, Daniel Bruch and Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)
12:00 Optimisation of Electro-Zipping Actuators Using Dielectric Elastomers as Insulating Layer: Michael J. Gareis and Jürgen Maas (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
12:20 Actuation with Magnetoactive Polymers: Holger Böse (Fraunhofer-Institut für Silicatforschung, Germany); Thomas Gerlach and Johannes Ehrlich (Fraunhofer ISC, Germany)
12:40 Using reconfigurable liquid crystal elastomers to access reversible multiple shape memory polymer actuators: Zhibin Wen (Université de Mons, Place du Parc, 20, Belgium)
13:00 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)

S14: Shape Memory (2)

Room 2

11:00 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, Germany)
11:20 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 (University of Applied Science Aalen, Germany)
11:40 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)
12:00 Evolution of a resettable Hold-Down and Release Actuator Based on SMA Technology: Marcelo Collado, Cayetano Rivera and Javier Inés (Arquimea Ingeniería, Spain)
12:20 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)
12:40 Discrete workspace FE analysis of an innovative planar mechanism driven by six shape memory alloy wires: Rym Boufayed, Xavier Balandraud, Frédéric Chapelle and Jean-François Destrebecq (Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, Institut Pascal, France)
13:00 Multi-stable proportional valve: An energy efficient approach for high: Julius Happel, Emmanouel Pagounis, René Schnetzler, Jonas Heider and Markus Laufenberg (ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany)

S15: DFG Priority Program KOMMMA

Room 3

Chair: Manfred Kohl (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

11:00 A Consistent View on Cooperative Multistage Electrostatic Actuation: Martin Hoffmann and Peter Conrad (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
11:20 Bi-stable Shape Memory NiTi-X / SU-8 Polymer Composites with a Tunable Glass Transition Temperature: Eckhard Quandt (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany)
11:40 Development of Co-Integrated Shape Memory Actuators for Silicon Micro- and Nanomechanics: Sanaz Rastjoo and Manfred Kohl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)); Lars Bumke and Eckhard Quandt (Kiel University, Germany)
12:00 Design Concepts of Multistage Multistable Cooperative Electrostatic Actuation System with Scalable Stroke and Large Force Capability: Hussam Kloub (Furtwangen University, Germany); Ulrich M Mescheder (Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany)
12:20 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); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Günter Schultes (HTWsaar, ZeMA gGmbH, Germany); Gianluca Rizzello (Saarland University, Germany)
12:40 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); Stefan Seelecke (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany); Günter Schultes (HTWsaar, ZeMA gGmbH, Germany)
13:00 Simulation of Static Pull-in Instability of Hybrid Levitation Micro-actuators: Kirill Poletkin (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany)

Friday, February 19 13:30 - 13:40

Closing Remarks and End of the Conference

Chair: Helmut F. Schlaak (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)