Keynote Speakers
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
9:00
NEXIPAL(R) - Pushing the value chain of polymer actuators
Dr. Andreas Köllnberger
Wacker Chemie AG, Burghausen, Germany
9:30
Materials for Small-Scale Robotics
Prof. Dr. Salvador Pané
Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland
10:00
Bio-Inspired Surgical Instruments
Prof. Dr. Ir. Paul Breedveld, Director 3mE Graduate School
Chair Section Minimally Invasive Surgery & Bio-Inspired Technology
Faculty 3mE, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
9:00
Recent advances in magnetic shape memory material and device technologies
Dr. Markus Laufenberg and Dr. Emmanouel Pagounis
ETO MAGNETIC GmbH, Germany
9:30
Fast & fine Steering Mirrors based on piezoelectric & magnetic actuator technologies for Air & Space
Dr. Frank Claeyssen
CEDRAT Technologies S.A., France
10:00
Advances in the dynamics of MR actuators
Dr. Zbynek Strecker
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology,
Czech Republic