This paper provides a comprehensive review of the literature regarding precision
piezoelectric motors over long ranges based on the principle of repeating a series of small …

Precision positioning of an object relative to a reference point is a common task in many
activities of production engineering. Sensor technologies for single axis measurement …

Piezoelectric actuation technology has been widely used in various precise‐oriented fields.
Its notable advantages include high resolution, rapid response speed, output force with high …

A novel step** piezoelectric actuator is proposed and tested in this work to achieve the
linear driving with long stroke and high resolution. The proposed piezoelectric actuator …

This paper presents the design of a new compact one-degree-of-freedom (1-DOF) compliant
stage driven by a piezoelectric actuator (PEA) for micro/nanopositioning in the vertical …

Compliant micro-positioning stages offer low-cost high precision and repeatability but limited
workspace and nonlinear behaviour. The conventional modelling techniques used to …

A compact 2-DOF (two degrees of freedom) piezoelectric-driven platform for 3D cellular bio-
assembly systems has been proposed based on “Z-shaped” flexure hinges. Multiple linear …

Stick-slip piezoelectric actautors are promising actautors with prinicipally unlimited stroke
and positioning resolution. However, it is challenged with a low load capacity, which limits …

This paper presents a novel XY nano-positioning stage using a compliant parallel
mechanism with small crosstalk and yaw motion. A parallel mechanism can implement multi …

This paper presents the reduction in cross-talk errors in the angular outputs existing in the
previously designed six-degree-of-freedom (DOF) surface encoder for nanopositioning and …