Recent Advances in Adaptive and Sensory Materials and their Applications Conference; April 27-29, 1992 in Blacksburg, Virginia

自适应和传感材料是一类材料系统，它们包含自己的传感器、执行器和微处理器功能，可用于许多需要高度适应不断变化的外部和内部条件的应用。当前研究活动的基本目标是开发和合成模仿生物有机体的材料系统，即人的手臂，它可以执行复杂的回转和机器人任务，改变刚度，感知多种环境条件并适应它们，所有这些都借助高度集成的传感器（神经系统）。执行器（肌肉系统）和控制（大脑系统）。为期三天的会议将提供一个国际论坛，重点介绍与执行器和传感器开发及其控制相关的各个方面的创新和新的研究进展。

Adaptive and sensory materials are a class of material systems which contain their own sensors, actuators, and microprocessor capabilities and can be used in many applications requiring a high degree of adaptability to changing external and internal conditions. The basic aim of current research activities is to develop and synthesize materials systems which mimic biological organisms, i.e., the human arm, which can perform sophisticated slewing and robotic tasks, change the stiffness, sense numerous environmental conditions and adapt to them, all with the aid of highly integrated sensor (nervous system), actuator (muscular system) and control (brain system). A three day conference will be held to provide an international forum highlighting innovations and new research developments related to all aspects of actuator and sensor development and their control.