What better way to end a conference day than with an art exhibition?

“When Soft Actuators Meet Textiles” ⚡️🧵 — co-organised by #EuroEAP2024 and the EU project SoftWEAR — transformed the University of Arts Linz into a space where smart materials, soft robotics, and textile innovation converged. 1/2

The EuroEAP Society is entirely run by its members — and on Tuesday afternoon, the Annual Society Meeting brought everyone together for lively debates, creative brainstorming, democratic voting, and planning ahead. 1/2

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Here are some more snapshots from the first day of the Conference. Countless inspiring poster, lightning talk, and demo contributions. 1/2

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The invited talks of Day 1 at #EuroEAP2025 offered a focused cross-section of ongoing advances in soft EAP devices.

Prof. Fabien Sorin from EPFL introduced strategies for integrating electronic functionality into fibers through thermal drawing. 1/3

We’ve launched #EuroEAP2025 at Johannes Kepler University Linz @jku.at!

The conference was opened by the President of JKU, Prof. Stefan Koch, welcoming the international community of researchers working at the intersection of soft intelligent materials and artificial muscle technologies. 1/4

There are two exciting PhD positions open in Prof. Edwin Jager's lab at the Linköping University @liu.se.

#AcademicOpenings #SensorsAndActuatorSystems #LinkopingUniversity

Prof. Jose G Martinez's lab SAS - IFM in the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) of Linköping University @liu.se is looking for a motivated postdoctoral scholar to join the project “Electronically steerable guidewires”.

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The 8th annual EuroEAP Society Challenge is open for enrolment! The Challenge is a great opportunity to showcase innovative applications of soft smart materials and soft transducers at the upcoming EuroEAP Conference 2025 in Linz, Austria.

A new paper by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the University of Tübingen and the University of Stuttgart introduces a platform for testing the suppression of involuntary human tremor with the help of artificial muscles.

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A PhD position in Soft Actuators for facial reanimation is available at EPFL

The Integrated Actuators Laboratory (LAI) and the Center of Artificial Muscles (CAM) are looking for a PhD student interested in developing soft actuators for facial movement restoration.

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We are excited to announce that registrations for EuroEAP 2025 – 13th International Conference on Soft Transducers and Electromechanically Active Polymers in Linz, Austria on June 10th-12th are now open!

🔗 www.euroeap.eu/index.php/ho...

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