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Seminar: Miniature Soft Robotic Systems Towards Complex Fluidic Environments
Bilger Hall 150 2545 McCarthy Mall, HonoluluTianlu Wang Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Location Information **This seminar will be held both in person (Bilger Hall 150) and over Zoom** https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/95081858686 Meeting ID: 950 8185 8686 Passcode: OREseminar The emerging field of miniature soft robots with unprecedented maneuverability, adaptation, and safe interactions with surrounding environments has endowed new platforms to overcome critical challenges in hard-to-reach marine and biomedical scenarios. Focusing on system-level construction, we first synergized soft actuators and bio-inspired structures to create small-scale soft robots emulating larval zebrafish and jellyfish. A class of magnetically actuated laval fish-like milliswimmers was investigated
Seminar: Martin Defense Group Overview
Holmes 247 2540 Dole Street, HonoluluCharlie Field Senior Engineer Martin Defense Group Location Information: **this seminar will be held both in person (Holmes Hall 247) and over Zoom** Meeting ID: 960 4654 5799 Passcode: OREseminar https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/96046545799 The mission of Martin Defense Group (MDG) is to convert research into products by leveraging emerging technologies and applying them to National problem sets with speed, trust, and expertise. We are built upon core engineering expertise that utilizes the latest design tools including: CFD analysis, finite element analysis, sea-keeping analysis, mechanical systems design, hydro-mechanical simulation, and concept design. This presentation will dive into MDG’s technology portfolio of Platform Design
Seminar: Bioinspired Propulsion and Sensing Systems Enabling Next Generation Underwater Vehicles
Zoom Meeting ID______ 944 3679 2959 Passcode: ore792Michael Krieg, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Ocean & Resources Engineering University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Even the most robust and sophisticated underwater robots pale in comparison to the performance of the ocean’s natural inhabitants, as many of which seem to traverse turbulent environments with ease and also demonstrate effective long range migration patterns. This talk analyzes a novel propulsion mechanism inspired by the locomotion of squid and jellyfish; whereby, finite fluid jets are ejected from a flexible internal cavity in a periodic fashion. Vortex ring formation, which is associated with expelled jets starting from rest, causes the thrust associated with this