Output-Based Control of Robots with Variable Stiffness Actuation by Gianluca Palli, Claudio Melchiorri

“…The proposed controller is configured as a cascade system that allows the decoupling of the actuators dynamics from the arm dynamics and the consequent reduction of the order of the manipulator dynamic model. …”
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Adaptive Neural Control of Hypersonic Vehicles with Actuator Constraints by Changxin Luo, Humin Lei, Dongyang Zhang, Xiaojun Zou

“…An adaptive neural control method is proposed in this paper for the flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle (AHV) with constraints on actuators. This scheme firstly converts the original control problem with input constraints into a new control problem without input constraints based on the control input saturation function. …”
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An Electrostatically Actuated MEMS Arch Band-Pass Filter by Hassen M. Ouakad

“…This work presents an investigation of the dynamics of micromachined arches resonators and their potential to be utilized as band-pass filters. The arches are actuated by a DC electrostatic load superimposed to an AC harmonic load. …”
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Modeling and Identification of Electromagnetic Actuator for the Control of Rotating Machinery by T.S. Morais, J. Der Hagopian, V. Steffen Jr., J. Mahfoud

“…This work deals with the design and the assessment of electromagnetic actuators (EMAs) for the control of rotating machines. …”
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Configuration Synthesis and Performance Analysis of Finger Soft Actuator by Ziqiang Zhang, Hanlong Chen, Zining Zhang

“…Compared with the traditional rigid finger actuator, the soft actuator has the advantages of light weight and good compliance. …”
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Research on Hysteresis of Piezoceramic Actuator Based on the Duhem Model by Miaolei Zhou, Jingyuan Wang

“…To improve the modeling accuracy of piezoceramic actuator in the precision positioning system, the Duhem hysteretic model of the piezoceramic actuator was proposed. …”
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Design and Fabrication of the Large Thrust Force Piezoelectric Actuator by Shyang-Jye Chang, Jing Chen

“…This paper presents a novel piezoelectric actuator containing double pushers. By using finite element analysis software, this study simulated the vibration mode and amplitude of piezoelectric actuators. …”
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An Electrically Actuated Liquid-Metal Gain-Reconfigurable Antenna by George B. Zhang, Ryan C. Gough, Matthew R. Moorefield, Kareem S. Elassy, Aaron T. Ohta, Wayne A. Shiroma

“…Using continuous electrowetting, a 60 Hz signal with an amplitude of 1 Vpp and 75% duty cycle can actuate the Galinstan continuously along a channel, tuning the stub length and antenna gain. …”
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Bioinspired Microhinged Actuators for Active Mechanism‐Based Metamaterials by Zi‐Yi Cao, Huayang Sai, Weiwei Wang, Kai‐Cheng Yang, Linlin Wang, Pengyu Lv, Huiling Duan, Tian‐Yun Huang

“…Furthermore, multiple microhinged actuators are combined to facilitate folding in multiple degrees of freedom and arbitrary directions. …”
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Aircraft Actuator Performance Analysis Based on Dynamic Neural Network by Wathiq Rafa Abed

“…Monitoring the condition of the aircraft actuators in various operating and environmental circumstances, this paper presents a method for measuring the surface roughness of aircraft actuators. …”
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A Fault-Tolerant Model of Wireless Sensor-Actuator Network by Keiji Ozaki, Kenichi Watanabe, Tomoya Enokido, Makoto Takizawa

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Prescribed Performance Tracking Control for the Hypersonic Vehicle with Actuator Faults by Zhenghui Yang, Wentao He, Yushan He, Yaen Xie, Jun Li, Shuo Song

“…This paper provides a solution for the trajectory tracking control of a hypersonic flight vehicle (HFV), which is encountered performance constraints, actuator faults, external disturbances, and system uncertainties. …”
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A magnetorheological clutch for efficient automotive auxiliary device actuation by F. Bucchi, P. Forte, F. Frendo, R. Squarcini

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Control system of spacecraft solar array drive assembly actuator by D. S. Polozhentsev, D. J. Dzhukich, D. N. Zakharov

“…This paper deals with the issues of developing a control system of a spacecraft solar array drive assembly actuator that meets strict requirements for operation at the set angular accelerations and rotation velocities, under the influence of payload and disturbance forces. …”
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Active Suppression of Rotating Stall Inception with Distributed Jet Actuation by Huu Duc Vo

“…An analytical and experimental investigation of the effectiveness of full-span distributed jet actuation for active suppression of long length-scale rotating stall inception is carried out. …”
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A magnetorheological clutch for efficient automotive auxiliary device actuation by F. Bucchi, P. Forte, F. Frendo, R. Squarcini

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Design and Performance Analysis of Compliant Actuator Mechanism with Variable Stiffness by Liu Rong, Zheng Zhizhen, Qin Huibin, Li Zhongyi, Bai Shaoping

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Feedforward Control of Gear Mesh Vibration Using Piezoelectric Actuators by Gerald T. Montague, Albert F. Kascak, Alan Palazzolo, Daniel Manchala, Erwin Thomas

“…The key components in this approach are piezoelectric actuators and a high-frequency, analog feed forward controller. …”
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Synthetic transmembrane DNA receptors enable engineered sensing and actuation by Ze-Rui Zhou, Man-Sha Wu, Zhenglin Yang, Yuting Wu, Weijie Guo, Da-Wei Li, Ruo-Can Qian, Yi Lu

“…Here we show that the dimerization of synthetic transmembrane DNA receptors executes a systematically engineered sensing and actuation cascade in response to external molecular signals. …”
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Multifactor task allocation problem in wireless sensor and actuator networks by Lei MU, Jian-ying CHEN, Xiao-mei QU, Tao LIU

Subjects: “…wireless sensor and actuator network…”
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