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IDETC/CIE KEYNOTE & PLENARY LECTURES
robust and graceful, at times vigorous, movement within the flexible Tuesday, August 4
geometries of their bodies. The ability to alter the geometry of a structure SESSION: MR-13-2
in real time to adapt to differing conditions, is another important feature 2:00PM – 3:00PM
in nature’s designs that offers utmost energy efficiency.
Location: Room 210, Level 2
By exploiting the elasticity of conventional materials the Compliant
Systems Design Laboratory (CSDL) has developed methods for
designing compliant monoform mechanisms with distributed Robert Wood
compliance since the mid-1990s. This talk will provide an overview of
the design methods (topology and geometry optimization) and their Harvard University
applications to MEMS, medical devices, automotive, and
shape-changing aircraft wings. The talk will also highlight recent
developments at CSDL in elasto-fluidics including new design
building blocks and their applications to soft robots, orthotics and MULTI-SCALE, MULTI-MATERIAL MANUFACTURING BASED
more. ON FOLDED COMPOSITES: MOTIVATIONS, PROCESS
TECHNOLOGIES, AND APPLICATIONS IN ROBOTICS
Abstract: Origami and Kirigami are viable methods for creating not only
Biography: Sridhar Kota is the Herrick Professor of Engineering,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of Complaint complex static structures, but also high-performance dynamic
Systems Design Laboratory. He developed pioneering methods for mechanisms. This talk will discuss manufacturing methods for complex
designing load-bearing complaint mechanisms with distributed devices and robots based upon three fundamental steps: (1) 2D
compliance–a new paradigm in engineering design that exploits machining and (2) lamination to create quasi-2D composites of
material elasticity. He authored over 200 technical papers and over arbitrary material composition that are then (3) folded into their
25 patents. He is the founder and President of FlexSys Inc., an functional forms. There are several key benefits to this approach
engineering firm engaged in bio-inspired product design and has including the relative ease of 2D machining (i.e., compared to 3D
developed and flown (in 2014) a revolutionary aircraft with subtractive machining), the ease of integrating discrete components
shape-changing wings. on the 2D composite prior to folding, the structural efficiency of folded
beams and shells, and the scalability of the process. Several example
Between 2009 -2012 Professor Kota served as the Assistant devices and robots—including inexpensive self-assembling “printable”
Director for Advanced Manufacturing at the White House Office of robots and robotic insects—will be used to illustrate these benefits and
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In this role, he developed also highlight current challenges in automating the design workflow.
policy recommendations and implementation strategies to enhance
U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, and to foster innovation-based
manufacturing of emerging technologies. Prof. Kota initiated and Biography: Robert Wood is the Charles River Professor of Engineer -
championed the establishment of President Obama’s National ing and Applied Sciences in Harvard’s School of Engineering and
Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and has also helped create other Applied Sciences and a founding core faculty member of the Wyss
initiatives, including National Robotics Initiative. After returning to the Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Prof. Wood completed
UM, he established an Institute for Manufacturing Leadership his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and
focusing on policy, education and outreach. Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He is
founder of the Harvard Microrobotics Lab which leverages expertise in
microfabrication for the development of biologically-inspired robots
with feature sizes on the micrometer to centimeter scale. His current
research interests include new micro- and meso-scale manufacturing
techniques, fluid mechanics of low Reynolds number flapping wings,
control of sensor-limited and computation-limited systems, active soft
materials, wearable robots, and morphable soft-bodied robots. He is
the winner of multiple awards for his work including the DARPA Young
Faculty Award, NSF Career Award, ONR Young Investigator Award,
Air Force Young Investigator Award, Technology Review’s TR35, and
multiple best paper awards. In 2010, Wood received the Presidential
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President
Obama for his work in microrobotics. In 2012, he was selected for the
Alan T. Waterman award, the National Science Foundation’s most
prestigious early career award. In 2014, he was named one of National
Geographic’s “Emerging Explorers”. Wood’s group is also dedicated
to STEM education by using novel robots to motivate young students
to pursue careers in science and engineering.
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robust and graceful, at times vigorous, movement within the flexible Tuesday, August 4
geometries of their bodies. The ability to alter the geometry of a structure SESSION: MR-13-2
in real time to adapt to differing conditions, is another important feature 2:00PM – 3:00PM
in nature’s designs that offers utmost energy efficiency.
Location: Room 210, Level 2
By exploiting the elasticity of conventional materials the Compliant
Systems Design Laboratory (CSDL) has developed methods for
designing compliant monoform mechanisms with distributed Robert Wood
compliance since the mid-1990s. This talk will provide an overview of
the design methods (topology and geometry optimization) and their Harvard University
applications to MEMS, medical devices, automotive, and
shape-changing aircraft wings. The talk will also highlight recent
developments at CSDL in elasto-fluidics including new design
building blocks and their applications to soft robots, orthotics and MULTI-SCALE, MULTI-MATERIAL MANUFACTURING BASED
more. ON FOLDED COMPOSITES: MOTIVATIONS, PROCESS
TECHNOLOGIES, AND APPLICATIONS IN ROBOTICS
Abstract: Origami and Kirigami are viable methods for creating not only
Biography: Sridhar Kota is the Herrick Professor of Engineering,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of Complaint complex static structures, but also high-performance dynamic
Systems Design Laboratory. He developed pioneering methods for mechanisms. This talk will discuss manufacturing methods for complex
designing load-bearing complaint mechanisms with distributed devices and robots based upon three fundamental steps: (1) 2D
compliance–a new paradigm in engineering design that exploits machining and (2) lamination to create quasi-2D composites of
material elasticity. He authored over 200 technical papers and over arbitrary material composition that are then (3) folded into their
25 patents. He is the founder and President of FlexSys Inc., an functional forms. There are several key benefits to this approach
engineering firm engaged in bio-inspired product design and has including the relative ease of 2D machining (i.e., compared to 3D
developed and flown (in 2014) a revolutionary aircraft with subtractive machining), the ease of integrating discrete components
shape-changing wings. on the 2D composite prior to folding, the structural efficiency of folded
beams and shells, and the scalability of the process. Several example
Between 2009 -2012 Professor Kota served as the Assistant devices and robots—including inexpensive self-assembling “printable”
Director for Advanced Manufacturing at the White House Office of robots and robotic insects—will be used to illustrate these benefits and
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In this role, he developed also highlight current challenges in automating the design workflow.
policy recommendations and implementation strategies to enhance
U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, and to foster innovation-based
manufacturing of emerging technologies. Prof. Kota initiated and Biography: Robert Wood is the Charles River Professor of Engineer -
championed the establishment of President Obama’s National ing and Applied Sciences in Harvard’s School of Engineering and
Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and has also helped create other Applied Sciences and a founding core faculty member of the Wyss
initiatives, including National Robotics Initiative. After returning to the Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Prof. Wood completed
UM, he established an Institute for Manufacturing Leadership his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and
focusing on policy, education and outreach. Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He is
founder of the Harvard Microrobotics Lab which leverages expertise in
microfabrication for the development of biologically-inspired robots
with feature sizes on the micrometer to centimeter scale. His current
research interests include new micro- and meso-scale manufacturing
techniques, fluid mechanics of low Reynolds number flapping wings,
control of sensor-limited and computation-limited systems, active soft
materials, wearable robots, and morphable soft-bodied robots. He is
the winner of multiple awards for his work including the DARPA Young
Faculty Award, NSF Career Award, ONR Young Investigator Award,
Air Force Young Investigator Award, Technology Review’s TR35, and
multiple best paper awards. In 2010, Wood received the Presidential
Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President
Obama for his work in microrobotics. In 2012, he was selected for the
Alan T. Waterman award, the National Science Foundation’s most
prestigious early career award. In 2014, he was named one of National
Geographic’s “Emerging Explorers”. Wood’s group is also dedicated
to STEM education by using novel robots to motivate young students
to pursue careers in science and engineering.
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