Shaping the Future of Soft
Shaping the Future of Soft
Electrostatic Actuators
Electrostatic Actuators
Day 1
15:00 - 18:30
Arrival and Check-in
18:30 - 19:30
Dinner
19:30 - 20:30
Initial research discussions in a relaxed atmosphere
Day 2
Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:15
Christoph Keplinger and Adrian Koh
9:15 - 10:15
Coffee break 10:15 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:15
Daniel Ludois
Bringing Industrial Electrostatic Motors to Life via Multiplicative Gains
11:15 - 12:00
Why Electrostatics? Why now? What is still missing?
12:00 - 12:45
Lunch 12:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:35
Jonathan Rossiter
Actuating liquids and gels - challenges in exploiting multiphysics for electrostatic actuators
14:35 - 15:10
Anne Ladegaard Skov
Dielectric Elastomers: A Materials Paradox
Coffee break 15:10 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:15
Actuation principles, materials architectures, and fabrication strategies: Towards soft electrostatic actuators with improved performance
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 17:15
Group Photo
17:15 - 18:15
Poster session
18:30- 19:30
Dinner
19:30- 20:30
Brainstorming in a relaxed atmosphere
Day 3
Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:35
Yufeng (Kevin) Chen
Challenges and opportunities for insect-scale autonomous aerial robots
9:35 - 10:10
Josie Hughes
Bio-Inspired, Scalable and Morphing Soft Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities for Actuation
Coffee break 10:10 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:15
Driving electronics, system integration, and promising applications of soft electrostatic actuators
11:15 - 12:00
Lunch 12:00 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:05
Ellen Roche
Cancelled
14:05 - 14:50
"Why electrostatics? Why now? What is still missing?":
Revisiting previous breakout sessions, discussing opportunities for collaboration, funding, and other workshop follow-ups
Coffee break 14:50 - 15:10
15:10 - 15:55
15:55 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:30
18:30 - 19:30
19:30- 20:30
Brainstorming in a relaxed atmosphere
Day 4
Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00
Departure 09:30