Research Project 7 for Doctoral Candidate 7 (DC7):
Proof-of-concept actuators based on magnetic soft matter. (WP1, WP4, WP6)
Objectives:
- To develop proof-of-concept actuators for demonstrating the usage of magnetoactive materials in robotics.
- To investigate and to quantify their controllability.
Expected Results:
- Proof-of-concept magnetoactive actuators for robotic applications.
- Feedback control and open-loop control algorithms for magnetoactive robotic actuators.
Principal Supervisor:
Dr. Matteo Cianchetti, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), Italy.
Host Institution:
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), Italy, the Ph.D. degree will be awarded by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), Italy.
Planned Secondments:
- 1st Secondment at JSI to get knowledge about chemical synthesis. Supervisor: Prof. Darja Lisjak, Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), Slovenia.
- 2nd Secondment at UNIVIE to gain knowledge on simulation of material properties and to incorporate the results into the FEM-based mechanical design. Supervisor: Prof. Sofia Kantorovich, University of Vienna (UNIVIE), Austria.
- 3rd Secondment at WEG to explore opportunities to include magnetoactive materials into their soft gripper design and to develop feedback algorithms for soft gripping as well as for industrial exposure. Supervisor: Dr. Stephan Ulrich, Wegard GmbH (WEG), Germany.