Fault detection, isolation and optimal control have long been applied to industry. These
techniques have proven various successful theoretical results and industrial applications …

Artificial muscles are capable of generating actuation in microsystems with outstanding
compliance. Recent years have witnessed a growing academic interest in artificial muscles …

This book categorizes the wide area of data-driven model-free controllers, reveals the exact
benefits of such controllers, gives the in-depth theory and mathematical proofs behind them …

This paper presents a miniaturized soft dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) micropump
which was demonstrated in microfluidic application. A strain-induced pre-stretched DEA …

Robot-assisted rehabilitation offers benefits, such as repetitive, intensive, and task-specific
training, as compared to traditional manual manipulation performed by physiotherapists. In …

In this paper, we propose a modeling-free inversion-based iterative feedforward control
(MIIFC) approach for high-speed output tracking of single-input single-output linear time …

There is an increasing amount of research on microfluidic actuators with the aim to improve
drug dosing applications. Micropumps are promising as they reduce the size and energy …

There has been a substantial amount of research on liquid pumps operated by solid-state
electroactive smart material actuators since the first such pump was developed in 1975 …

This study proposes data‐driven model‐free adaptive control (MFAC), model‐free control
(MFC) and virtual reference feedback tuning (VRFT) techniques applied to the control of a …

Smart systems adapt to the surrounding environments in a number of ways. They are
capable to scavenge energy from available sources, sense and elaborate external stimuli …