| 9:30-9:40 | Opening Remarks,
Takahisa Taguchi (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) |
| 9:40-10:25 | Invited Speech,
Biomimetic Robots using EAP as Artificial Muscles - Progress and Challenges Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA) |
| 10:25-11:10 | Invited Speech,
Haptic Virtual Reality Tsuneo Yoshikawa (Kyoto University) |
| 11:10-12:10 | Session I,
Conducting Polymer Actuators Working in Air Hidenori Okuzaki (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi) Electroactive paper actuator coated with Conducting Polypyrrole Jaehwan Kim, S. D. Deshpande, Sung-Ryul Yun, Lie-Jie Zhao (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University) Artificial Muscles Based on Polypyrrole Actuators with Large Strain and Stress Generated Electrochemically Susumu Hara1, Tetsuji Zama1,2, Wataru Takashima2, Keiichi Kaneto2 (1EAMEX Co., 2Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology) |
| 12:10-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-13:45 | Invited Speech,
Super Tough Nanotube Composite Fibers for Artificial Muscle Applications Ray. H. Baughman (University of Texas at Dallas) |
| 13:45-14:30 | Invited Speech,
Creeping of plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) gel Toshihiro Hirai (Shinshu University) |
| 14:30-15:30 | Session II,
Liquid Crystal Elastomers Swollen with Nematic Liquid Crystals As an Electrically Driven Artificial Muscle Yusril Yusuf1, P. E. Cladis2, Helmut R. Brand3, Heino Finkelmann4, Shoichi Kai5 (1Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 2Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Advanced Liquid Crystal Technologies, 3Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Theoretische Physik III, Universitat Bayreuth, 4Makromolekulare Chemie, Universitat Freiburg, 5Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Department of Life Engineering, Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences, Kyushu University) Ionic Conduction and Electrostatic Cluster Response in Ionomeric Polymer Transducers Donald Leo1, Barbar Akle1, Lisa Weiland1, Matthew Bennett1, Mike Hickner2, James McGrath2 (1CIMSS/Mechanical Engineering Department Virginia Tech, 2Chemistry Department Virginia Tech) Self-oscillating gels and their application to biomimetic micro/nano-actuating systems Ryo Yoshida, Yusuke Hara, Takamasa Sakai, Masahiro Tanaka (Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo) |
| 15:30-16:30 | Poster Session, Demonstration, Coffee Break |
| 16:30-17:15 | Invited Speech,
Calcium ion regulation of muscle contraction Iwao Ohtsuki (Department of Physiology, Jikei University School of Medicine) |
| 17:15-18:00 | Invited Speech,
Natural Resolution of Ill-posedness of Inverse Kinematics for Redundant Multi-joint Movements Suguru Arimoto (Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University) |
| 18:30-20:00 | Welcome Party |
| 9:30-10:00 | Invited Speech,
Modelling on electromechanical response of polymer electrolyte actuators (Tentative) Kinji Asaka (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) |
| 10:00-11:00 | Keynote Speech,
Intelligent Gels-An Approach to Artificial Muscles Yoshihito Osada (Hokkaido University) |
| 11:00-11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10-12:30 | Session III,
Wave-shape pattern generation of electroactive polymer gel in controlled electric fields Mihoko Otake, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Hirochika Inoue (University of Tokyo) Underwater Micro Biped Robot with Multi DOF Yuya Okuda1, Shuxiang Guo1, Kinji Asaka2 (1Kagawa Univ., 2National Inst. of AIST) Control of Biped Walking Robots with IPMC Linear Actuator with Re-doping Capability Masaki Yamakita1,2, Norihiro Kamamichi1, Takahiro Kozuki1, Kinji Asaka2,3, Zhi-Wei Luo2 (1Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2RIKEN, 3AIST) A multi-DOF robot manipulator with a patterned artificial muscle Yoshihiro Nakabo1, Toshiharu Mukai1, Kinji Asaka1,2 (1BMC RIKEN, 2AIST) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:15 | Invited Speech,
Bio-mimetic control ----- The present status and the subjects Shigeyuki Hosoe (RIKEN, Nagoya University) |
| 14:15-15:15 | Session IV,
Actuator Using Electrostriction Effect of Fullerenol-Doped Polyurethane Elastomer (PUE) Films Jun Kyokane1, Naoki Tsujimoto1, Yuki Yanagisawa1, Tsutomu Ueda2, Masumi Fukuma3 (1Nara National College of Technology, 2Nitta Corporation, 3Matsue National College of Technology) Application of a Solid Polymer Electrolyte Membrane-Gold to an Active Graft Tadashi Ihara1, Taro Nakamura1, Yoshito Ikada1, Kinji Asaka2, Keisuke Oguro2, Naoko Fujiwara2 (1Suzuka University of Medical Science, 2National Inst. of AIST) Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscle (EPAM) for Biomimetic Robots Scott Stanford, Ron Pelrine, Roy Kornbluh, Qibing Pei, Seiki Chiba (SRI International) |
| 15:15-16:15 | Poster Session, Demonstration, Coffee Break |
| 16:15-17:00 | Invited Speech,
Muscle-like mechanical impedance aids interactive robotics Neville Hogan (MIT) |
| 17:00-17:45 | Invited Speech,
Enhancement of electrochemomechanical deformations in conducting polymers, polyaniline films Keiichi Kaneto (Kyushu Institute of Technology) |
| 17:45-18:00 | Closing Remarks,
Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA) |
| 1. | Chaotropic effect of supporting electrolytes on Electroactive Polymers (EAP) and their applications for Artificial Muscles Biomimetic Systems (AMBS)
Afshad Talaie1, Takahisa Taguchi2 (1Frontier Research Center, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, 2Human life Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) |
| 2. | The theory and simulation of the bending dynamics of polyelectrolyte membrane by electric stimuli
Tatsuya Yamaue1,2, Hiroto Mukai1, Masao Doi1 (1Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, 2Biorheo project, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency) |
| 3. | A linear actuator using composites based ionic polymer and minute carbon particles
Masayoshi Ishibashi, Midori Kato (Hitachi Ltd., Advanced Research Lab.) |
| 4. | Spinning of Conducting Microfibers for Artificial Muscular Filaments
Takumi Takahashi, Masayoshi Ishihara, Hidenori Okuzaki (Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, Univ. of Yamanashi) |
| 5. | Development of a Soft-actuator with Viscoelasticity for Estimating Human Muscle Dynamics
Kunihiko Ito1,2, Katsumi Mita1,2, Zhi-Wei Luo2, Kumi Akataki1, Makoto Watanabe1 (1Aichi Human Service Center, 2BMC RIKEN) |
| 6. | Control of Mechanical Impedance of IPMC Linear Actuator with Antagonism Structure
Masaki Yamakita1,2, Yasuaki Kaneda1, Norihiro Kamamichi1, Kinji Asaka3, Zhi-Wei Luo2 (1Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2RIKEN, 3AIST) |
| 7. | A snake-like swimming artificial muscle
Koji Ogawa1, Yoshihiro Nakabo2, Toshiharu Mukai2, Kinji Asaka2,3, Noboru Ohnishi1 (1Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, 2Bio-mimetic Control Research Center, RIKEN, 3National Institute of AIST) |
| 8. | Adjustment of Impedance Center for Passive Interaction between A Robot and Its Environment
Zhi-Wei Luo1, Yasuo Kishi2, Fumihiko Asano1, Shigeyuki Hosoe1,3 (1RIKEN, 2Yasukawa Corp., 3Nagoya Univ.) |
| 9. | Development of A Dynamic Human Movement Analysis Platform
Kenji Tahara1, Tadashi Odashima1, Masaki Onishi1, Fumihiko Asano1, Zhi-Wei Luo1, Shigeyuki Hosoe1,2 (1RIKEN, 2Nagoya Univ.) |
| 10. | Fibrous Artificial Muscles Comprising Polypyrrole-Metal Coil Composites
Tetsuji Zama1,2, Susumu Hara1, Wataru Takashima2, Keiichi Kaneto2 (1EAMEX Co., 2Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology) |
| 11. | Flow Control around an Airfoil by an Artificial Muscle
Masaki Fuchiwaki1,Kazuhiro Tanaka1, Kazuo Onishi2, Shingo Sewa2 (1Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2EAMEX Co.) |
| 1. | Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscle (EPAM) Actuators
Scott Standford, Ron Pelrine, Roy Kornbluh, Qibing Pei, Seiki Chiba (SRI Internathional) |
| 2. | Polymer Actuator Devices
Kazuo Onishi (EAMEX Co.) |
| 3. | An Application of Artificial Muscles on Robotics
Yoshihiro Nakabo1, Toshiharu Mukai1, Zhi-Wei Luo1, Kinji Asaka1,2 (1BMC RIKEN, 2AIST) |