Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Applications

- Electroactive Polymers in General

- Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuator: Fundamental

- Robotic Applications of IPMC Linear Actuator

- Robotic Applications of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites: Sensors and Actuators

- Dielectric Elastomers and Their Robotic Applications

- Dielectri Elastomers Based Actuators

Dr. Kwang Kim is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Active Materials and Processing Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). He graduated from Yonsei University, Korea, in 1987 and received his MS and Ph.D. from Arizona State University in 1989 and 1992, respectively. He later completed a postdoctoral study at the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) at the University of Maryland-College Park (1993-1995). His industrial experience includes Senior Research Engineer at Thermal Electric Devices, Inc. (1995-1997) and Chief Scientist at Environmental Robots, Inc. (1997-2001), Albuquerque NM. He has published over 130 technical papers and holds 2 patents. His research and teaching interests are broad based, but mainly in Active Materials/Sensors, Thermal Sciences/Energy Systems, and Nanotechnology. Currently he actively participates in organizing conferences including "SPIE-Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices", "Biomimetics and Artificial Muscle and Nano-Bio", and "Solid State Hydrogen Storage.

Dr. Satoshi Tadokoro is President of the International Rescue System Institute, in Kobe, Japan. He is also a Professor in the Department of Computer and Systems Engineering at Kobe University where he has been employed for over twenty years. He teaches about actuator theory, mechatronics and intelligent machine theory. Dr. Tadokoro gained his MS and his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo. His research interests include: rescue robots, robotics and actuators.