Actuation in Soft Matter I

Presentations

• Actuation in soft matter

  Invited

  March 7, 2019, 8:00 AM – March 7, 2019, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Robert Shepard

    Cornell University

  Authors

  • Robert Shepard

    Cornell University

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• Transition Wave-driven Sequential Actuation Provides Functionality to Soft Robotic Systems

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 8:36 AM – March 7, 2019, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Nick Vasios

    SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  Authors

  • Nick Vasios

    SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Benjamin Gorissen

    SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • David Melancon

    SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Katia Bertoldi

    Harvard University, SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

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• Mechanically programmable sequential actuation of fluid-driven soft actuators

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 8:48 AM – March 7, 2019, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Luuk Van Laake

    AMOLF

  Authors

  • Luuk Van Laake

    AMOLF

  • Johannes Overvelde

    AMOLF

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• Walking Sheets: Locomotion in chemo-mechanically driven, non-Euclidean elastic plates

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 9:00 AM – March 7, 2019, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Pearson Miller

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Pearson Miller

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jörn Dunkel

    Mathematics, Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

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• Untethered Soft Machines and Robots by Printing Ferromagnetic Domains in Soft Materials

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 9:12 AM – March 7, 2019, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Yoonho Kim

    Soft Active Materials Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Yoonho Kim

    Soft Active Materials Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Hyunwoo Yuk

    Soft Active Materials Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ruike Zhao

    Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University

  • Shawn A. Chester

    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • Xuanhe Zhao

    MIT, Soft Active Materials Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Energy Release Through Volume Snapping in Soft Inflatable Actuators

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 9:24 AM – March 7, 2019, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Benjamin Gorissen

    SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  Authors

  • Benjamin Gorissen

    SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • David Melancon

    SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Nick Vasios

    SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

  • Mehdi Torbati

    SEAS, Harvard University

  • Katia Bertoldi

    Harvard University, SEAS, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

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• Soft Robot Actuated by Electrostatic Force

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 9:36 AM – March 7, 2019, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Congran Jin

    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth College

  Authors

  • Congran Jin

    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth College

  • Jinhua Zhang

    Xi'an Jiaotong University

  • Ian Trase

    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

  • Shicheng Huang

    Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Thayer Engineering, Dartmouth College

  • Zhe Xu

    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

  • Lin Dong

    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

  • John X.J. Zhang

    Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

  • Zi Chen

    Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Thayer Engineering, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Coll

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• Artificial Muscle by Tailoring Compliance in Magneto-kirigami Lattice

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 9:48 AM – March 7, 2019, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Yi Yang

    Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

  Authors

  • Yi Yang

    Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

  • Douglas Peter Holmes

    Virginia Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University

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• Elastomeric focusing enables portable microvalves

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 10:00 AM – March 7, 2019, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Nate Cira

    Harvard University

  Authors

  • Nate Cira

    Harvard University

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• Amplified Actuation in Symmetric Origami Mechanisms

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 10:12 AM – March 7, 2019, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Philip Buskohl

    Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory (WPAFB)

  Authors

  • Andrew Gillman

    UES, Inc, UES Inc. / Air Force Research Laboratory (WPAFB)

  • Gregory Wilson

    University of Texas A & M

  • Kazuko Fuchi

    University of Dayton Research Institute

  • Darren Hartl

    University of Texas A & M

  • Alexander Pankonien

    Air Force Research Laboratory

  • Philip Buskohl

    Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory (WPAFB)

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• Improving the Robustness of Self-folding Gel Origami

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 10:24 AM – March 7, 2019, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Ji-Hwan Kang

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Ji-Hwan Kang

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Christian Santangelo

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Physics, U. Mass. Amherst, Univ of Mass - Amherst

  • Ryan Hayward

    Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Univ of Mass - Amherst

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• Diabolical configuration spaces in simple origami

  ORAL

  March 7, 2019, 10:36 AM – March 7, 2019, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Mary Elizabeth Lee

    Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Authors

  • Mary Elizabeth Lee

    Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Christian Santangelo

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Physics, U. Mass. Amherst, Univ of Mass - Amherst

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