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

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

Hybrid reluctance actuators, known for their remarkable motor constant and bidirectional
noncontact force, emerge as superior alternatives to piezoelectric stack or voice coil …

The development of a high-performance three-axis serial-kinematic nanopositioning stage is
presented. The stage is designed for high-bandwidth applications that include video-rate …

Noncollocated sensors and actuators, and/or fast sample rates with plants having high
relative degree, can lead to nonminimum-phase (NMP) discrete-time zero dynamics that …

Soft robots (SRs) represent one of the most significant recent evolutions in robotics.
Designed to embody safe and natural behaviors, they rely on compliant physical structures …

Precise actuation is a widely utilized technology in the realm of high-end equipment.
Piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) stand out due to their exceptional attributes, including high …

This paper presents the precision motion control of a piezoelectric nanopositioning stage
using a new scheme of adaptive sliding mode control with uncertainty and disturbance …

This paper presents the design and control of a novel gripper device with a passive type of
compliant constant-force mechanism. The function of constant-force output is achieved by …

This article proposes a novel adaptive integral terminal third-order finite-time sliding-mode
control strategy dedicated to motion tracking control of a piezoelectric-driven …