Stefan Conrad

Project

Demonstrators
The livMatS Demonstrator project aims to build three lines of demonstrators, which are supposed to perform simple decision-making. My aim is to develop mechanisms that enable this decision-making through stimulus-response-systems, which I will implement on the material level. Since this requires the rapid prototyping of complex geometries, I am currently constructing a multi-material 3D-printer capable of combining up to eight substances.

First supervisor

Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck

Publications in livMatS

• A Pneumatic Bending Actuator System Inspired by the Avian Tendon Locking Mechanism*
  Kappel, P., Kürner, L., Speck, T., & Tauber, F. (2023). A Pneumatic Bending Actuator System Inspired by the Avian Tendon Locking Mechanism. In: Meder, F., Hunt A., Margheri, L., Mura, A. & Mazzolai, B. (eds.): Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 84-100). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-39504-8_6
• Multi-material FDM 3D Printed Arm with Integrated Pneumatic Actuator*
  Conrad, S., Speck, T., Tauber, F. (2022). Multi-material FDM 3D Printed Arm with Integrated Pneumatic Actuator. In: Hunt, A., et al. (eds.), Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 27–31), vol 13548. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-20470-8_3
• Tool changing 3D printer for rapid prototyping of advanced soft robotic elements*
  Conrad, S., Speck, T., & Tauber, F. (2021). Tool changing 3D printer for rapid prototyping of advanced soft robotic elements. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. doi: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac095a
• Multi-material 3D-printer for rapid prototyping of bioinspired soft robotic elements*
  Conrad, S., Speck, T., & Tauber, F. (2020). Multi-material 3D-printer for rapid prototyping of bioinspired soft robotic elements. In Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2020, 46 – 54. Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNAI 12413. Springer International Publishing, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64313-3_6
  
  
  * Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807