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SUMMARY:Elastomeric Materials for Autonomic Force Transmission\, Optoelect
 ronic Sensing\, and Embodied Energy Systems
DTSTART:20180423T110000
DTEND:20180423T120000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Rob Shepherd\, Cornell University\nThis talk will present mult
 idisciplinary work from material composites and robotics. We have created 
 new types of actuators\, sensors\, displays\, and additive manufacturing t
 echniques for soft robots and haptic interfaces. For example\, we now use 
 stretchable optical waveguides as sensors for high accuracy\, repeatabilit
 y\, and material compatibility with soft actuators. For displaying informa
 tion\, we have created stretchable\, elastomeric light emitting displays a
 s well as texture morphing skins for soft robots. We have created a new ty
 pe of soft actuator based on molding of foams\, new chemical routes for st
 ereolithography printing of silicone and hydrogel elastomer based soft rob
 ots\, and implemented deep learning in stretchable membranes for interpret
 ing touch. All of these technologies depend on the iterative and complex f
 eedback between material and mechanical design.  I will describe this pro
 cess\, what is the present state of the art\, and future opportunities for
  science in the space of additive manufacturing of elastomeric robots.
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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