114/9/11 (四) 國立陽明交通大學機械工程學系 劉義強 教授
- 演講時間：114/9/11（四）15:30-17:00
- 演講地點：國立清華大學工程一館107演講廳
- 演講者：劉義強 教授 (國立陽明交通大學機械工程學系)
- 講題： 「塑造未來：用於下一代機器人及可變形光聲器件的塑料仿生肌肉」(Shaping the Future: Electroactive polymer actuators for Soft Robotics, Optics & Acoustics)
- 摘要：
想像一下，材料能夠像活體組織一樣移動、感知和適應。塑料仿生肌肉，又名電活性聚合物 (Electroactive Polymer)， 正在徹底改變我們設計軟體機器人系統的方式，它能夠響應電場、濕度、光和熱等刺激，提供大尺寸、可控的形狀和體積變化。然而，長期以來，僵硬的電極限制了它們的全部潛力。本次演講將探討我們實驗室在人造肌肉領域的最新突破。我們將帶您了解最新的創新成果：從微機械電熱致動器、介電彈性體執行器，到用於機器人應用的可拉伸薄膜電極，以及可調光學和聲學技術。透過掌握軟體聚合物與柔性甚至柔順電極之間的動態介面，我們正在為機器人技術和永續技術打開變形設備和智慧系統的大門。加入我們，探索電活性聚合物如何推動軟體機器人技術的新時代。
Imagine materials that move, sense, and adapt—just like living tissue. Electroactive polymers (EAPs) are revolutionizing how we design soft robotics systems, offering large, controllable shape and volume changes in response to stimuli such as electric fields, humidity, light, and heat. Yet their full potential has long been restricted by stiff electrodes. This talk explores how recent breakthroughs in artificial muscles developed in our research laboratory. We'll journey you through the latest innovations: from micro-machined electro-thermal actuators, dielectric elastomer actuator, and stretchable thin-film electrodes for robotic applications and tunable optics and acoustics. By mastering the dynamic interface between soft polymers and flexible and even compliant electrodes, we’re opening the door to shape-shifting devices and intelligent systems for robotics and sustainable technologies. Join us to discover how electroactive polymers are driving a new era of soft robotic technologies.
- Biography:
Dr. Gih-Keong Lau is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan, and formerly an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He earned his Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology and his M.Eng. and B.Eng. from NTU. His research focuses on micro-actuators, dielectric elastomer actuators, soft robotics, and tunable optics and acoustics, with publications in top journals such as Science Robotics, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Applied Physics Review and Applied Physics Letters . A recipient of multiple awards including the 2019 NYCU Junior Chair Professor and the 2015 NTU Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship, he has also served as a visiting professor at EPFL and associate editor for IROS (2017–2019). His work has been widely recognized in international media and supported by major funding agencies in Taiwan, Singapore, and the Netherlands.
劉義強博士現任為國立陽明交通大學機械工程系教授，曾任新加坡南洋理工大學助理教授。他取得荷蘭台夫特理工大學機械工程博士學位（2007），以及南洋理工大學碩士與學士學位（1998 及2001）。劉博士的研究專長包括微型致動器、介電彈性體致動器、軟體機器人及可調光學與聲學技術，並在《Science Robotics》、《IEEE Transactions on Robotics》、《Applied Physics Review》、《Applied Physics Letters》等頂尖期刊發表多篇論文。他曾獲得多項榮譽，包括2019年陽明交通大學青年講座教授獎與2015年陳振傳基金會獎，並於瑞士洛桑聯邦理工學院（EPFL）擔任訪問教授，亦曾任IEEE/RSJ國際智能機器人與系統會議（IROS 2017–2019）副主編。他的研究成果廣受國際媒體關注，並獲台灣、新加坡及荷蘭多個政府與產業機構資助。