This paper presents an overview of cooperative actuator and sensor systems based on
dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers. A DE consists of a flexible capacitor made of a thin …

With the dynamic nature of today's market demands, industries increasingly require flexible
and adaptable systems to navigate through variable operational needs. In-plane …

We model the full dynamics of a rigid part in three-point frictional sliding contact with a flat
rigid six-degree-of-freedom (6-DoF) plate. When the plate moves periodically, we show the …

Development of a novel low-power linear magnetostrictive actuator is presented in this
paper. The magnetostrictive material used here is Terfenol-D, which is an alloy of the …

This paper presents a distributed control architecture to perform part recognition and closed-
loop control of a distributed manipulation device. This architecture is based on decentralized …

A critical component of the highly packaged and automated environment of the microfactory
is its transportation system. It needs to be autonomous, flexible, precise and, crucially, easy …

This paper presents a planar electromagnetic conveyor for a microfactory. The uniqueness
of the conveyor design lies in its arrangement of overlapped two-dimensional mesh coils in …

This paper reports the design, fabrication, and performance of a hybrid piezoelectric planar
micro-conveyor based on Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) bridge resonators and …

Smart surfaces are becoming more and more popular in the field of intralogistics, as they
combine great flexibility with easy reprogrammability. Pursuing this trend, the following …

Distributed-air-jet MEMS-based systems have been proposed to manipulate small parts with
high velocities and without any friction problems. The control of such distributed systems is …