Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 30/June/2026 | |||
| 8:00am - 8:45am |
Registration |
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| 8:45am - 9:00am |
Opening |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am |
Keynote Prof. Takeuchi, University of Tokyo Living Muscle Actuators: A New Frontier in Biohybrid Robotics |
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| 9:30am - 10:00am |
Keynote Prof. Hoffmann, RUB The Multiplicity of Electrostatic Microactuation |
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| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Keynote Prof. Liwei Lin, University of California Piezoelectric and Piezoelectret Actuators and Microsystems |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00am - 12:40pm |
KOMMA1-Dielectrics |
Electromagnetics Conceptual design of a Tunable Magnet-based Reluctance Actuator Design and control of motion stage driven by nonlinear reluctance actuator Theoretical and experimental investigations regarding small electric drive systems overload potentials in short-term operation Magnetic fast steering mirrors for tracking and optical communication for defense and aerospace industries Development of a highly dynamic and precise actuator with magnetic weight compensation for 3D-wafer scanning |
Thermal Shape Memory Investigation of bistable mechanisms for energy-free holding using shape memory alloys for 3D-printed valves An inverted bistable Actuator based on Shape Memory Alloy Beams Modeling of bistable out-of-plane SMA-based microactuators Assembly-oriented redesign of a shape memory alloy driven bistable gripper Shape Memory Alloy drives for micro-electronical actuator systems |
| 12:40pm - 1:50pm |
Lunch |
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| 1:50pm - 3:30pm |
KOMMA2-Shape Memory & Electrostatics |
Aerospace & Civil Engineering Development and experimental Validation of a lightweight Shape Memory Wire Actuator for UAV Battery Sled Locking Compact piezo-driven inchworm rotary mechanism with high rotational accuracy for LISA Space mission High-resolution rotating piezo motors for LISA large interferometer space antenna Energy efficient electro-mechanical wing ice protection system for future aircrafts Mechanisms of hygromorphic actuation: from analysis to tuning of biomimetic actuators for adaptive facades |
Polymers 4D printing of bioinspired multistimuli-responsive polymer actuators for adaptive façade systems Optimizing laser-induced graphene microstructure to enhance ion diffusion and actuation performance in PI-LIG-Ppy ionic actuators Multilayered electrohydraulic soft actuators for safe-to-touch wearables and underwater systems Adaptive surface actuation via magnetoactive elastomer membranes Asymmetric inflatable snapping actuator |
| 3:30pm - 4:15pm |
Coffee Break |
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| 4:15pm - 5:55pm |
KOMMA3-Polymers |
Novel Magnetics and Dielectrics A miniature-scale thermomagnetic actuator driven by low-grade heat An AlN piezoelectric thermomagnetic generator for waste heat recovery Change in stress-strain-characteristics of MSM-alloys in weak magnetic fields for adaptive interfaces Investigation of the influence of dynamic magnetic excitation during drag finishing using abrasive magnetorheological fluids Pellicle dielectric actuators (PDA) based on CNT ultra-thin Films |
Optics & Photonics Prototype of a camera focusing mechanism driven by a polyimide bimorph thin-film actuator Giving voice to flat plastic panels with piezoceramic actuators: vibrational analyses with feedback interferometry 3D nano-printed optical MEMS with closed-loop control Displacement control for Piezo-based Deformable Mirrors with Unmodelled Hysteresis and Actuator Coupling Dual-chevron optothermal rotary microactuator for high force and large displacement actuation |
| 6:00pm - 9:00pm |
Get-Together |
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