Origami robots are created using folding processes, which provide a simple approach to
fabricating a wide range of robot morphologies. Inspired by biological systems, engineers …

Piezo-actuated stages have become more and more promising in nanopositioning
applications due to the excellent advantages of the fast response time, large mechanical …

Adaptive control is a control methodology capable of dealing with uncertain systems to
ensure desired control performance. This paper provides an overview of some fundamental …

Nanotechnology is the science of understanding matter and the control of matter at
dimensions of 100 nm or less. Encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and …

Recent interest in high-speed scanning probe microscopy for high-throughput applications
including video-rate atomic force microscopy and probe-based nanofabrication has sparked …

Contents Recursive design in this book is composed of some simple basic steps. They are
referred to as “backstep** designs” because they step back toward the control input …

Smart actuators employed in micropositioning are known to exhibit strong hysteresis
nonlinearities, which may be asymmetric and could adversely affect the positioning …

The typical characteristic of a magnetic shape memory alloy (MSMA)-based actuator is rate-
dependent and stress-dependent hysteresis. In addition, the hysteresis in an MSMA-based …

Magnetostrictive actuators play an important role in the perception of usefulness of smart
materials and devices. Their applications are potentially wider than that of piezoelectric …

Piezoelectric actuators are gradually playing an important role in precision positioning
applications due to their extremely fine resolution, fast responses, and large actuating …