Artificial Muscles: Electrostatic Actuation and Design Tradeoffs
BiomimeticsArtificial muscles are an emerging class of actuators designed to mimic the compliant, efficient, and versatile behavior of biological muscles for fields including the following: soft robotics, prosthetics, wearable enhancements, haptic interfaces, and ...
Gabriel X. Colborn +8 more
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Actuation system design with electrically powered actuators [PDF]
, 2011 This project addresses the actuation system architecture of future All-electric aircraft (AEA) with electrically powered actuators (EPA). Firstly, the information of EPAs is reviewed, and then an electro-hydrostatic actuator (EHA) and electro ...
Meng, Fanliang
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Pulsed Digital Oscillators for Electrostatic MEMS [PDF]
, 2012 This paper introduces a new actuation scheme for implementing Pulsed Digital Oscillators (PDOs) for electrostatic MEMS resonators. In this scheme, the capacitance of the device is biased with a voltage and it is periodically sampled. Short pulses of zero
Pons Nin, Joan +15 more
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On the investigation of a reliable actuation control method for ohmic RF MEMS switches [PDF]
, 2011 This is a post-print version of the article. The official published version can be accessed from the link below - Copyright @ 2011 ElsevierEfficient control of RF MEMS switches is a very important issue as it is correlated to main failure mechanisms ...
Nilavalan, R +3 more
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DC-dynamic biasing for \u3e 50x switching time improvement in severely underdamped fringing-field electrostatic MEMS actuators [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents the design and experimental validation of dc-dynamic biasing for \u3e50x switching time improvement in severely underdamped fringing-field electrostatic MEMS actuators.
Small, J. +4 more
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RF-MEMS switch actuation pulse optimization using Taguchi's method [PDF]
, 2011 Copyright @ 2011 Springer-VerlagReliability and longevity comprise two of the most important concerns when designing micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) switches.
K. Tsiakmakis +7 more
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Resistive damping implementation as a method to improve controllability in stiff ohmic RF-MEMS switches [PDF]
, 2013 This paper presents in detail the entire procedure of calculating the bias resistance of an ohmic RF-MEMS switch, controlled under resistive damping (charge drive technique).
Nilavalan, R, Spasos, M
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Electrostatic Force for Swarm Navigation and Reconfiguration [PDF]
, 2009 In this work the concept of a swarm of satellites controlled by a hybrid thrusting electrostatic actuation system is assessed. On one side the propulsion system is investigated.
Theil, Stephan +3 more
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Experimental characterization of pull-in parameters for an electrostatically actuated cantilever
Applications in Engineering Science, 2020 MEMS-NEMS applications extensively use micro-nano cantilever structures as actuation system, thanks to their intrinsically simple end efficient configuration.
A. Sorrentino +3 more
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A V-Shaped Actuator Utilizing Electrostatic Force
Actuators, 2018 In this study, we propose a new ‘V’-shaped actuator with two panels and experimentally and theoretically investigate its actuation to find the most efficient structure. The V-shaped actuator operates like a seesaw.
Kahye Song, Hyeongyu Lee, Youngsu Cha
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