Flexure-based compliant mechanisms are becoming increasingly promising in precision
engineering, robotics, and other applications due to the excellent advantages of no friction …

The piezoelectric smart structures, which can be labeled as the cream of the crop of smart
structures without overstatement, are strongly impacted by a large number of uncertainties …

This paper reports the design, analysis and testing of a parallel two degree-of-freedom piezo-
actuated compliant stage for XY nanopositioning by introducing an innovative hybrid …

With features of simple structure and control, the inertial piezoelectric actuator is a promising
type to achieve large working stroke and high positioning resolution. However, most of …

Flexure-based displacement amplifiers are frequently used to magnify the small stroke of
piezoelectric actuators. In this paper, a hybrid rhombus-lever multistage displacement …

We propose the modeling of hysteresis nonlinearities in a piezoelectric material-based tube
actuator classically employed in precise positioning applications under different surrounding …

This paper reports the design and wide-bandwidth control of a large aperture fast steering
mirror (FSM) with integrated-sensing units. The developed FSM is driven by electromagnetic …

The supercoiled polymer (SCP) actuator is a recently discovered artificial muscle that
demonstrates significant mechanical power, large contraction, and good dynamic range in a …

The inchworm drive type piezoelectric actuator that imitates the moving mode of inchworms
in nature has the advantages of unlimited stroke, high stability, high accuracy, and excellent …

A novel mathematical model which can precisely calculate the amplification ratio of a bridge-
type amplification mechanism has been proposed. The elastic beam theory and the …