A Thermoelastic Piezoelectric Fixed Rod Exposed to an Axial Moving Heat Source via a Dual-Phase-Lag Model by Mahmoud Ragab, S. M. Abo-Dahab, Ahmed E. Abouelregal, A. A. Kilany

“…Piezoelectric ceramics are used more in the active control of noise and vibration with sensors and actuators. As a result, a one-dimensional homogeneous thermoelastic fixed piezoelectric rod subjected to a moving heat flow has been considered. …”
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Nonlinear Free and Forced Vibration Behavior of Shear-Deformable Composite Beams with Shape Memory Alloy Fibers by Ren Yongsheng, Du Chenggang, Shi Yuyan

“…The parametric study is carried out to display the effect of the actuation temperature, the volume fraction, the initial strain of SMA fibers, and the length-to-thickness ratio. …”
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Design and Evaluation of a Wearable Powered Foot Orthosis with Metatarsophalangeal Joint by Yixiang Liu, Xizhe Zang, Niansong Zhang, Ming Wu

“…In this paper, in order to improve the walking performance of people with lower limb impairments, a wearable powered foot orthosis (WPFO) which has actuated MTP joint is designed and constructed. Preliminary experiments on three nondisabled subjects demonstrated functionality and capabilities of the WPFO to provide correctly timed dorsiflexion and plantar flexion assistance at the MTP joint during walking. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Flapwise-Torsional Vibration Model of a Smart Section Blade with Microtab by Nailu Li, Mark J. Balas, Hua Yang, Wei Jiang, Kaman T. Magar

“…The effectiveness of the microtab is investigated with the scenarios of different output controllers and actuation deployments for both instability cases. The numerical results show that the microtab can effectively suppress both vibration modes with the appropriate choice of the output feedback controller.…”
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Lower Limb Rehabilitation Using Patient Data by Alireza Rastegarpanah, Mozafar Saadat

“…Based on kinematic and dynamic analysis of a 6-DoF UPS parallel robot, an algorithm was developed in MATLAB to calculate the length of the actuators and their required forces during all trajectories. …”
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Rethinking Bodily Expression in Human-Robot Communication: Insights from Sculpture. by Belinda J Dunstan, Guy Hoffman

“…We illustrate the third principle via a robot design that uses a flexible fabric skin stretched over rigid and elastic actuation elements. Using insights from sculpture can promote the design of robots from a transdisciplinary perspective by increasing the readability of robot intent and affect even when the robot is not actively moving.…”
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H∞ Networked Cascade Control System Design for Turboshaft Engines with Random Packet Dropouts by Xiaofeng Liu, Xu Sun

“…The distributed control architecture becomes more and more important in future gas turbine engine control systems, in which the sensors and actuators will be connected to the controllers via a network. …”
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Smart Phone Based Monitoring of Agricultural Activities by Jiahua Fang

“…In this, a cross sub caste grounded channel access and routing answer for looking and actuating is proposed. We dissect the network structure grounded on content range, and quiescence. …”
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Robust H∞ Feedback Compensator Design for Linear Parabolic DPSs with Pointwise/Piecewise Control and Pointwise/Piecewise Measurement by Liu Yaqiang, Ren Zhigang, Jin Zengwang

“…A unified Lyapunov direct approach is proposed in consideration of the pointwise/piecewise control and point/piecewise measurement based on the distributions of the actuators and sensors. A new type of Luenberger observer is developed on the continuous interval of space domain to track the state of the system, and an H∞ performance constraint with prescribed H∞ attenuation levels is proposed in this paper. …”
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Drivability Improvement Control for Vehicle Start-Up Applied to an Automated Manual Transmission by Danna Jiang, Ying Huang, Zhe Zuo, Huan Li

“…The model not only includes the clutch dynamic, the flexible shaft dynamic, but also includes the actuators’ delay character. Considering the driver’s intention, a slipping speed trajectory is generated based on the acceleration pedal dynamically. …”
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Adaptive Foot in Lower-Limb Prostheses by Thilina H. Weerakkody, Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, R. A. R. C. Gopura

“…In this review, adaptive foot prostheses are classified according to actuation method. Furthermore, merits and demerits of present-day adaptive foot prostheses are presented based on the hardware construction. …”
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Control of Energy Storage Systems for Aeronautic Applications by G. Canciello, A. Cavallo, B. Guida

“…The main task of the supercapacitor is to protect the electric generator from abrupt power changes resulting from sudden insertion or disconnection of loads or from loads with regenerative power capabilities, like electromagnetic actuators. A controller based on high-gain concepts is designed to drive a DC/DC converter connecting the supercapacitor to the main electric bus. …”
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Self-Identification Algorithm for the Autonomous Control of Lateral Vibration in Flexible Rotors by Thiago Malta Buttini, Rodrigo Nicoletti

“…In this work, a self-identification algorithm is proposed for the autonomous decision and control of a flexible shaft rotating system with electromagnetic actuators. Based on the D-decomposition technique, the algorithm searches in the domain of controller gains the best ones for P and PD controllers to reduce maximum peak response of the shaft. …”
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Review of bioinspired aquatic jumping robots by Tao Zhang, Jiawei Dong, Qianqian Chen, Xiongqian Wu, Shuqi Wang, Yisheng Guan

“…This paper summarizes the key features of bioinspired aquatic jumping robots, including their bioinspired structural designs, jumping mechanisms, and actuators, while evaluating their jumping performance. …”
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Dynamically reconfigurable acoustofluidic metasurface for subwavelength particle manipulation and assembly by Sushruta Surappa, Suraj Pavagada, Fernando Soto, Demir Akin, Charles Wei, F. Levent Degertekin, Utkan Demirci

“…The resulting radiation force allows for subwavelength manipulation and patterning of particles on the metasurface at individual and collective scales, with actuation frequencies below 2 MHz. We further demonstrate the capabilities of the reconfigurable metasurface in trapping and enriching beads and biological cells flowing in microfluidic channels, showcasing its potential in high-throughput bioanalytical applications. …”
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Light-driven dancing of nematic colloids in fractional skyrmions and bimerons by Zhawure Asilehan, Wentao Tang, Jing Zhang, Zijun Chen, Ruijie Wang, Qingtian Shi, Ganlin Song, Jinghua Jiang, Rui Zhang, Chenhui Peng

“…Moreover, distinct topological profiles are realized in the same skyrmion string loop. The light-actuated transformations of fractional skyrmion textures in both straight and loop geometry drive colloidal assemblies to exhibit exotic dynamic behaviors. …”
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Dynamic Electromechanical Response of a Viscoelastic Dielectric Elastomer under Cycle Electric Loads by Junjie Sheng, Yuqing Zhang

“…The results show that the electromechanical stability has strong frequency dependence; the viscoelastic DE can attain a larger stretch in the dynamic response than the quasistatic actuation. Furthermore, with the decreasing frequency of the applied electric load, the viscoelastic DE system will present dynamic stability evolution from an aperiodic motion to the quasiperiodic motion. …”
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Transmembrane voltage-gated nanopores controlled by electrically tunable in-pore chemistry by Makusu Tsutsui, Wei-Lun Hsu, Chien Hsu, Denis Garoli, Shukun Weng, Hirofumi Daiguji, Tomoji Kawai

“…Under negative voltages, precipitates grow to reduce ionic current by occluding the nanopore, while inverting the voltage polarity dissolves the phosphate compounds reopening the pore to ionic flux. Reversible actuation of these physicochemical processes creates a nanofluidic diode of rectification ratio exceeding 40000. …”
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Projection-Based Adaptive Backstepping Control of a Transport Aircraft for Heavyweight Airdrop by Ri Liu, Xiuxia Sun, Wenhan Dong, Guangzhi Xu

“…The results show good performance and robust operation of the controller, and the airdrop mission performance indexes are satisfied, even in the presence of ±15% uncertainty in the aerodynamic coefficients, ±0.01 rad/s pitch rate disturbance, and 20% actuators faults.…”
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Design Criteria of Soft Exogloves for Hand Rehabilitation-Assistance Tasks by Juana-Mariel Dávila-Vilchis, Juan C. Ávila-Vilchis, Adriana H. Vilchis-González, LAZ-Avilés

“…Additionally, this study provides a detailed description of each system that was analysed including application, functional task, palm design, actuation type, assistance mode, degrees of freedom (DOF), target fingers, motions, material, weight, force, pressure (only for fluids), control strategy, and assessment. …”
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