Requirements engineering
WP: 1
Start month: 1
End month: 39
Type: Management
Lead beneficiary: WEG
Researcher involvement: 1-9
Objective of WP1: To formulate the requirements on the developed magnetic soft materials in the view of prospective applications.
Chemical synthesis of magnetic soft materials
WP: 2
Start month: 3
End month: 48
Type: Research
Lead beneficiary: JSI
Researcher involvement: 1, 2
Objectives of WP2: To develop magnetic soft materials with desired magnetic-field-dependent bulk and surface properties as defined in WP1 and requested by the project partners. To provide magnetic soft materials for the development of soft robots (WP6). To investigate the aging and durability behaviour of the developed materials
Characterization and exploration of magnetic soft matter
WP: 3
Start month: 3
End month: 48
Type: Research
Lead beneficiary: CAU
Researcher involvement: 1-4
Objectives of WP3: To characterise magnetoactive properties of newly developed soft materials. To demonstrate their adhesive and frictional properties depending on the chemical composition, size, concentration and distribution of particles.
Mechanical design, electronic and magnetic circuits, control engineering
WP: 4
Start month: 3
End month: 48
Type: Research
Lead beneficiary: SSSA
Researcher involvement: 1, 3, 6-9
Objectives of WP4: To design the prototypes (demonstrators) for envisaged applications. To develop the necessary control algorithms.
Modelling and simulation
WP: 5
Start month: 3
End month: 48
Type: Research
Lead beneficiary: UNIVIE
Researcher involvement: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Objectives of WP5: To develop robust and predictive numerical and simulation approaches, allowing for accurate magneto-mechanical coupling enabling to model magnetic elastomers. To employ those methods in order to gain the fundamental understanding of the interplay between magnetic particle shape/concentration/embedding technique and magneto-mechanical responses of elastomers.
Demonstrators (prototypes)
WP: 6
Start month: 3
End month: 48
Type: Research
Lead beneficiary: SDU
Researcher involvement: 1, 6, 7-9
Objectives of WP6: To exploit magnetoactive soft materials for robotic applications. To demonstrate their use cases in different robot scenarios (e.g., robot locomotion and object manipulation).
Dissemination, communication and exploitation
WP: 7
Start month: 1
End month: 48
Type: Dissemination, communication and exploitation
Lead beneficiary: PRE
Researcher involvement: 1-9
Objectives of WP7: To ensure the proper communication and dissemination of project outcomes to different target audiences. To guarantee appropriate protection measures for ensuring exploitation. To engage the scientific community and the non-academic sector in the magnetic soft robotics. To maximize the impact of transferable results.
DC networking and training activities
WP: 8
Start month: 1
End month: 48
Type: Training
Lead beneficiary: UL
Researcher involvement: 1-9
Objectives of WP8: To organize, coordinate, control and supervise the network training activities, including monitoring of the training blocks. To define and review PCDPs as well as to provide relevant feedback. The operational recruitment is also part of this WP.
Network management
WP: 9
Start month: 1
End month: 48
Type: Management
Lead beneficiary: OTH
Researcher involvement: –
Objectives of WP9: To provide an efficient coordination of WP 1 – 8. To take care about timely execution of the milestones. To timely provide the reports and to communicate with the EU. To resolve possible conflicts.
9 Work packages are performed via 9 individual doctoral research projects.
Research project 1 for DC1: Mechanically soft magnetoactive elastomers for robotic applications, their durability and aging. (WP1 – WP6)
Research project 2 for DC2: Incorporation of magnetic nano- and microparticles into soft matter for robotic applications. (WP1, WP2, WP3, WP5)
Research project 3 for DC3: Establishing relationships between the composite material structure and the resulting surface properties. (WP1, WP3 – WP5)
Research project 4 for DC4: Magnetic-field-induced optical effects as a base for optical addressing and manipulation of magnetoactive soft matter. (WP1, WP3, WP6)
Research project 5 for DC5: Molecular dynamics simulations of MAEs. (WP1, WP5)
Research project 6 for DC6: Adaptive control methods for magnetoactive soft materials in robotic applications. (WP1, WP4, WP6)
Research project 7 for DC7: Proof-of-concept actuators based on magnetic soft matter. (WP1, WP4, WP6)
Research project 8 for DC 8: Switchable stiffness joints for dexterous grippers. (WP1, WP4, WP6)
Research project 9 for DC9: Modular devices for adaptable soft grippers based on the magnetic shape memory effect (MSME). (WP1, WP4, WP6)