Piezo-actuated stages have become more and more promising in nanopositioning
applications due to the excellent advantages of the fast response time, large mechanical …

The various mathematical models for hysteresis such as Preisach, Krasnosel'skii–Pokrovskii
(KP), Prandtl–Ishlinskii (PI), Maxwell-Slip, Bouc–Wen and Duhem are surveyed in terms of …

In this paper, an adaptive neural output feedback control scheme is proposed for uncertain
nonlinear systems that are subject to unknown hysteresis, external disturbances, and …

The issue of neural adaptive self-triggered tracking control for uncertain nonlinear systems
with input hysteresis is considered. Combining radial basis function neural networks …

Realization of micro-scale tracking accuracy and efficient utilization of the communication
channel is crucial to the wide application of piezoelectric-driven micropositioning stages …

Piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) have been widely used in nanotechnology due to their
characteristics of fast response, large mass ratio, and high stiffness. However, hysteresis …

Various non-resonant piezoelectric actuators have been emerged in recent decades and
they have been applied successfully in many industrial fields, such as medical apparatuses …

Hysteresis is a natural phenomenon that widely exists in structural and mechanical systems.
The characteristics of structural hysteretic behaviors are complicated. Therefore, numerous …

Soft dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) exhibit interesting muscle-like behavior for the
development of soft robots. However, it is challenging to model these soft actuators due to …

The design and control of a novel piezoelectric actuated compliant microgripper is studied in
this paper to achieve fast, precise, and robust micro gras** operations. First, the …