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SUMMARY:Soft &amp\; Wet Chemical Robots - Prof Shingo Maeda\, Shibaura Ins
 titute of Technology
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CONTACT:Josie Hughes
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract* Normally\, robots and micro devices are designed by
  integrating technologies such as mechanical engineering\, control enginee
 ring\, electronics and information engineering\, etc. Recently\, inspired 
 by biological motion\, soft robots that are capable of moving like living 
 creatures have been developed in robotics. Several kinds of soft actuators
 \, made of soft materials\, have been developed. They are They\nundergo un
 ique motions without the use of mechanical parts such as motors\, drive sh
 afts and gears\, etc. On the other hand\, in biological systems\, there ar
 e several autonomic phenomena exhibiting spontaneous oscillation that do n
 ot require any on?off switching of external stimuli.\nExamples of these in
 clude bowel peristalses and heart beats. Here\, I present novel gels and c
 hemical actuators that generate autonomous motions. These motions are powe
 red by the chemical energy of the oscillating reaction.\n\n*Biography*\nSh
 ingo Maeda received his B.S.\, M.S. and D.E. degrees in the Applied Physic
 s from Waseda University\, Tokyo\, Japan\, in 2003\, 2005 and 2008 respect
 ively. He has been an Associate Professor with the Engineering Science and
  Mechanics Department\, Shibaura Institute of Technology\, Tokyo\, Japan. 
 From 2014 to present\, he is a Visiting Professor with the\nBioRobotics In
 stitute\, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna\, Italy. His research interests are p
 olymer gels\, soft actuators\, and chemical robots.\n
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