From nano to macro: a groundbreakIng actuation technology for robotic systems

Project Information

MAGNIFY

Grant agreement ID: 801378

DOI

10.3030/801378

Project closed

EC signature date 3 May 2018

Start date 1 October 2018

End date 30 November 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost

€ 2 922 730,00

EU contribution

€ 2 922 730,00

Coordinated by

RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
Netherlands

Periodic Reporting for period 3 - MAGNIFY (From nano to macro: a groundbreakIng actuation technology for robotic systems)

Reporting period: 2021-04-01 to 2023-11-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The overall goal of the MAGNIFY project was to develop a new generation of artificial muscles for robotic systems. The artificial muscle should be realized by using artificial molecular machines, organized in polymer nanofibers and individually controlled by external stimuli. By learning from Nature, MAGNIFY should rely on a bottom-up methodology, in which the nano-scale movement of molecular machines should be incrementally amplified to the macro-scale in the artificial muscle. The MAGNIFY artificial muscles should be characterized by: high force-to-weight ratio; high flexibility; fast reactivity; intrinsic variable stiffness.

The goal of the project was expected to be achieved by fulfilling 4 objectives. This report summarizes the work done in the 62 months of the project (and especially in the last 32 months, i.e. since the submission of the last version of the PTR2) with respect to the project objectives, and explains the choices made to achieve the goal and to mitigate the encountered challenges. All the scientific and technical details can be found in the deliverables and in the journal/conference peer-reviewed papers, in the PhD dissertations, and in the MSc/BSc theses that were conducted within the 62 months of the project (https://magnifyproject.eu).

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

The four objectives and five milestones have been successfully achieved.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The 4 objectives are progressing the state of the art.

The project does not include any socio-economic impact not any wider societal implications.

The MAGNIFY artificial muscle.