EuroEAP 2015 5th international conference on Electromechanically Active Polymer (EAP) transducers & artificial muscles Tallinn, Estonia 9-10 June 2015 Technical programme Book of abstracts List of participants Contents Conference venue ........................................................................................ 3 Conference chairman ................................................................................... 3 Local organization ....................................................................................... 3 Presentation of the EuroEAP conference series ........................................... 4 Conference committees ............................................................................... 5 Tuesday, 9 June 2015 .................................................................................. 6 General programme of the day .............................................................. 6 Session 1.1............................................................................................. 8 Session 1.2........................................................................................... 11 Session 1.3........................................................................................... 23 Wednesday, 10 June 2015 ......................................................................... 35 General programme of the day ............................................................ 35 Session 2.1........................................................................................... 37 Session 2.2........................................................................................... 40 Session 2.3........................................................................................... 51 List of participants ..................................................................................... 61 2 Conference venue Meriton Grand Conference & Spa hotel Paldiski road 4, 10149 Tallinn Phone: +372 62 88 100 Email: [email protected] http://www.meritonhotels.com/conference-spa-hotel-tallinn/ Conference chairman Prof. Alvo Aabloo IMS Lab Institute of Technology University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia e-mail: [email protected] Ph: +372 5078356 Local organization IMS Lab Institute of Technology University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia http://www.ims.ut.ee 3 Presentation of the EuroEAP conference series Electromechanically Active Polymers (EAPs) represent a fast growing and promising scientific field of research and development. EAPs are studied for devices and systems implemented with ‘smart materials’ inherently capable of changing dimensions and/or shape in response to suitable electrical stimuli, so as to transduce electrical energy into mechanical work. They can also operate in reverse mode, transducing mechanical energy into the electrical form. Therefore, they can be used as actuators, mechano-electrical sensors, as well as energy harvesters to generate electricity. For such tasks, EAPs show unique properties, such as sizable electrically-driven active strains or stresses, high mechanical flexibility, low density, structural simplicity, ease of processing and scalability, no acoustic noise and, in most cases, low costs. Owing to their functional and structural properties, electromechanical transducers based on these materials are usually referred to as EAP ‘artificial muscles’. The two EAP classes (ionic and electronic) are studied for applications in several fields, including haptics, optics, acoustics, microfluidics, automation, orthotics, artificial organs, and energy harvesting. The rapid expansion of the EAP technologies has stimulated in Europe the creation of the EuroEAP Society as a non-profit Association, whose main purpose is to contribute to and promote the scientific and technological advancement and the diffusion of Transducers and Artificial Muscles based on EAPs. In an effort to disseminate current advances in this emerging field of science and technology, gathering experts from all over the world, the Society organises and supports the annual EuroEAP conference, which is meant to be primarily driven by scientific quality and industrial impact. I wish to express my gratitude to the conference Chairman for the valuable local organization of this new edition. I am sure that you will enjoy this event and will leave it with plans to attend the future annual editions that will be moving across Europe. Federico Carpi EuroEAP Society President 4 Conference committees Organizing committee The EuroEAP conference is steered by the conference committee of the EuroEAP Society: President Federico Carpi, Queen Mary University of London (UK) Vice-President Edwin Jager, Linköping University (Sweden) Members Ingrid Graz, Johannes Kepler University, Linz (Austria) Marc Matysek, Continental Corporation (Germany) Mika Paajanen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland) Anne Skov, Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) Frédéric Vidal, University of Cergy-Pontoise (France) Scientific committee The EuroEAP conference is scientifically overseen by the scientific committee of the EuroEAP Society: President Toribio Otero, University of Cartagena (Spain) Vice-President Reimund Gerhard, University of Potsdam (Germany) Members Alvo Aabloo, University of Tartu (Estonia) Siegfried Bauer, University of Linz (Austria) Federico Carpi, Queen Mary University of London (UK) Edwin Jager, Linköping University (Sweden) Helmut Schlaak, Darmstadt University of Technology (Germany) Herbert Shea, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) Peter Sommer-Larsen, Danish Technological Institute (Denmark) 5 Tuesday, 9 June 2015 General programme of the day Opening 8:45- Welcome & introductory remarks 9:00 Alvo Aabloo University of Tartu, Estonia EAPlenariess Session 1.1 part I Chair: Alvo Aabloo, University of Tartu, Estonia 9:00- Invited talk 9:30 Keiichi Kaneto Osaka Institute Of Technology, Japan EAPodiums Session 1.1 part II Chair: Keiichi Kaneto, Osaka Institute Of Technology, Japan 9:30- Invited talk 9:50 Kinji Asaka National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology (AIST), Japan 9:50- Invited talk 10:10 Hyouk Ryeol Choi Sungkyunwan University, South Korea Break 10:10- Coffee break 10:40 EAPromises Session 1.1 part III Chair: Elisabeth Smela, University Of Maryland, USA 10:40- Invited talk 11:00 Cedric Plesse University Of Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy, France EAPills Session 1.2 part I Chair: Frédéric Vidal, University Of Cergy-Pontoise, France 11:00- Pill oral presentations 12:15 17 presentations (3 minutes each + 1 minute to change speaker) 6 Lunch 12:15- Buffet lunch 13:15 EAPosters Session 1.2 part II EAPrototypes 13:15- Posters & exhibitions EAProducts 14:45 17 posters EAPills Session 1.3 part I Chair: Jonathan Rossiter, University of Bristol, UK 14:45- Pill oral presentations 16:00 17 presentations (3 minutes each + 1 minute to change speaker) Break 16:00- Coffee break 16:30 EAPosters Session 1.3 part II EAPrototypes 16:30- Posters & exhibitions EAProducts 18:00 17 posters Excursion 18:00 Old town excursion will start from conference hotel Social dinner 20:00 Dinner will be served at medieval-themed restaurant Olde Hansa. 7 Session 1.1 (abstracts are listed in the order of presentation) 1.1.1 Novel features of conducting polymer actuators Keiichi Kaneto (1) (1) Osaka Institute Of Technology, Department Of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka, Japan Presentation given by Prof. Keiichi Kaneto Electrochemomechanical actuation using conducting polymers such as polypyrrole, polyaniline and PEDOT films have been studied. The strain, stress and cycle stability of the actuation were measured under tensile loads. Interesting features like memory and training effects are observed along with creeping phenomenon. It will be reported that memory and training effects are closely related to the electrochemical creeping, and the mechanism will be explained. 1.1.2 Studies of Electromehanical Coupling of Bucky Gel Actuators based on Ion Movements Kinji Asaka (1), Karl Kruusamaee (1), Takushi Sugino (1), Ken Mukai (1) (1) National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology (AIST) Presentation given by Dr. Kinji Asaka In this paper, we have developed electromechanical modelling of a bukcy-gel actuator which is composed of an ionic liquid (IL) gel electrolyte layer sandwiched by electrode layers based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and ILs. The electromechanical effect is considered to be based on ion movement in the electrode layers, which was studied by precise displacement and genetated force measurement techniques. In addition, we studied the electrochemical impedance and mechanical properties of the bucky gel actuiators and considered the electromechanical coupling due to ion movement in the electrode layers of the bucky gel actuators. The model was compared with the experimental results of the bucky-gel actuators. 8 1.1.3 Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Soft Robotics Hyouk Ryeol Choi (1) (1) Sungkyunwan University Presentation given by Prof. Hyouk Ryeol Choi For last decade, Dielectric Elastomer Actuator(DEA) has experienced great progress and come to the right end of applications. Dry and ease of handling with considerable output force appear to be more attractive than the other EAPs. As the results, robotic researchers start to adopt DEA for actuation of robots. However, DEA for robots needs to resolve several issues such as lack of meaningful force output, difficulty in seamless integration with the related components, fabrications with prestrain etc.