SMART workshop 3: APPLICATIONS OF SMART MATERIALS AND SOFT ROBOTICS

EVENT VENUE: Auditorium of the Piaggio Museum (located in front of the BioRobotics Institute of Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pontedera (Pisa), Italy)

EVENT DATES: August 29 – September 1, 2022,

The talks can be followed virtually, on ZOOM.

This time the SMART ITN offers a multidisciplinary training by combining two emerging fields of smart materials and soft robots with meaningful societal and economic impact (T-model).

The topic of the 3rd training event is “Applications of smart materials and soft robotics”. It includes training sessions on transferrable skills, such as “Writing successful grants” and “Fundamentals of project management”.

Please note, participation for all attendees is free, but one will need to provide a motivation statement alongside the registration. The registration deadline is the 26th of August 2022.

REGISTRATION

EVENT PROGRAMME (a pdf version)

WORKSHOP SPEAKERS

  • Frank Clemens (EMPA) – “Valorization and innovation in smart materials”
  • Nicola Vitiello (IUVO/SSSA) – “Wearable robots: from lab to market”
  • Martina Maselli (SSSA) – “Fundamentals of project management”
  • Francesco Ciardelli (Spin-PET) – “Modulation of molecular structure and sovramolecular organization in multiphase materials to designed mechanical and smart response”
  • Joost Brancart (VUB) – “Sustainable soft robots – 1”
  • Seppe Terryn (VUB) – “Sustainable soft robots – 2”
  • Tonny Bosman (SUPRA) – “From lab bench to market from a material perspective”
  • Moritz Bacher (Disney Research) – “Computational models for soft robots and applications”
  • Bram Vanderborght (VUB) – “Writing successful grants”
  • Francois Tournilhac (EPSCI) – “Biobased self-healing elastomers for soft robotics”
  • Virgilio Mattoli (IIT) – “Soft micro-electronics and plastic MEMS”
  • Andra Keay (Silicone Valley Robotics) – “Soft robots and the market: opportunities and challenges”
  • Josie Hughes (EPFL) – “Applications of soft robots in agriculture”
  • Sandra Schloegl (PCCL) – “Multi-material DLP 3D printing: Material design and applications”
  • Mirko Kovac (ICL) – “Soft Aerial Robotics for Sustainable Development”

There is no limit in the number of online attendees, but attendees attending in-person are subject to confirmation due to a limited number of seats. A personal invitation with a ZOOM link will be communicated to confirmed registrants shortly prior to the event.

A personal invitation with a link to ZOOM or other instructions regarding the workshop arrangements will be communicated shortly prior to the event.

TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION

Also, please read carefully travel information related to COVID infection

Thank you very much for your kin interest in the SMART training programme!