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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