The need for precision positioning applications has enormously influenced the research and
development towards the growth of precision actuators. Over the years, piezoelectric …

Robotic artificial muscles are a subset of artificial muscles that are capable of producing
biologically inspired motions useful for robot systems, ie, large power-to-weight ratios …

The piezoelectric actuators are widely used to realize high precise motion with fractional
force and torque in both linear and rotary joints of the micro-systems. The control system …

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

Miniaturization, fast motion, high resolution, high agility, and good adaptability are relatively
contradictory characteristics in mobile robot design. It is indeed a challenge to satisfy these …

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 …

Rate-dependent hysteretic nonlinearity, which is an inherent characteristic of piezoelectric
actuators (PEAs), causes a significant challenge in precise motion control of piezoelectric …

This paper presents the design and testing of a novel continuous third-order integral
terminal sliding mode control (3-ITSMC) strategy dedicated to motion tracking control of a …

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 …