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Magnetic soft matter for robotics

Descripción del proyecto

Avanzando en el futuro de la robótica blanda

En el ámbito en evolución de la robótica blanda, existe una necesidad fundamental de expertos capaces de manipular las propiedades de los materiales utilizando campos magnéticos. Con el apoyo de las acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, el proyecto MAESTRI abordará esta demanda a través de una completa red de doctorado dedicada a formar a la próxima generación de especialistas en robótica magnética blanda. Para ello, reunirá a un consorcio de socios académicos e industriales de diversas disciplinas como la biología, la ciencia de los materiales y la robótica. Trabajarán juntos para desarrollar robots móviles y dispositivos de agarre que utilicen elastómeros y líquidos rellenos de partículas magnéticas. Al investigar las relaciones entre síntesis, estructura y propiedades de la materia blanda magnética, el equipo de MAESTRI allanará el camino a prototipos innovadores.

Objetivo

This doctoral network (DN) responds to the existing demand for training of a new generation of experts in the emerging sub-field of soft robotics relying on the control of material properties by a magnetic field – magnetic soft robotics. Materials involved are elastomers and complementary liquids, filled with micro- and nanometer-sized magnetic particles. Because the technical problems and tasks involved are complex and require knowledge from different fields of science and technology, the consortium is composed of 7 academic and 2 industrial beneficiaries originating from biology, materials science, physics and robotic engineering. Further 3 associated partners are involved in research and transferable-skills training. The research program will be directed towards demonstration of a number of mobile robots and robot gripping devices with the necessary electronic and control systems, where the essential functional parameters (e.g. the friction coefficient of the robot shoe or the stiffness of the finger joint, etc.) are controlled by permanent or electro-magnets. On the way to the functional prototypes, the synthesis-structure-properties relationships of magnetic soft matter are to be investigated both experimentally and theoretically, because, hitherto, the required dependencies are not available and the underlying physical phenomena are not completely understood. The mechanical part of the soft mobile robots with integrated magnetic soft matter, the necessary electrical and magnetic control circuits, and the adaptive control algorithms for real-time magnetic field tuning and robot behavior generation are to be developed. The carefully designed training program will provide the necessary minimum of interdisciplinary specialist knowledge to all doctoral candidates and prepare them for meeting the challenges in their subsequent careers be that in academia, industry or as entrepreneurs, e.g. by obligatory exposure to industrial environment during secondments.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural.

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Coordinador

OSTBAYERISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE REGENSBURG
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 260 539,20
Dirección
SEYBOTHSTRASSE 2
93053 Regensburg
Alemania

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Región
Bayern Oberpfalz Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Coste total
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Participantes (8)

Socios (3)