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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simulation and Experimental Study on Vibration and Sound Radiation Control with Piezoelectric Actuators

open access: yesShock and Vibration, 2011
FEM/BEM is adopted to model the interaction between the fluid and structures. In the modeling, modal truncation and inertial coupling are applied to sufficiently reduce the coupled model order.
Zhiyi Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Natural frequency of beams with embedded piezoelectric sensors and actuators

open access: yes, 2007
A mathematical model is developed to study the natural frequency of beams with embedded piezoelectric sensors and actuators. The piezoelectric sensors/actuators in a non-piezoelectric matrix (host beam) are analyzed as two inhomogeneity problems by using
Della, Christian N., Shu, Dongwei
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Piezoelectric sensing coating for real time impact detection and location on aircraft structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Flexible, light weight and low cost electroactive coating has been fabricated by the dispersion of inorganic ferroelectric submicron particles in a polyurethane matrix. BaTiO3 particles have a mean diameter of 300 nm. The poling process and the influence
Dantras, Eric   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Multidirectional Motion Strategy of Miniature Water Surface Robot Actuated by Single Exciter

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel multidirectional motion strategy on the water surface based on a single exciter is proposed, and a single‐exciter single‐plate module is developed for actuation. The driving forces generation mechanism of the module is revealed from the perspective of the asymmetric surface wave field.
Haoxuan He   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A micro ultrasonic motor using a micro-machined cylindrical bulk PZT transducer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In this paper, a micro ultrasonic motor using a micro-machined bulk piezoelectric transducer is introduced. The cylindrical shaped bulk piezoelectric transducer, a diameter of 0.8 mm and a height of 2.2 mm, was developed as stator transducer for ...
Morita, Takeshi   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Free Damping Vibration of Piezoelectric Cantilever Beams: A Biparametric Perturbation Solution and Its Experimental Verification

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
As an intelligent material, piezoelectric materials have been widely used in many intelligent fields, especially in the analysis and design of sensors and actuators; however, the vibration problems of the corresponding structures made of the ...
Zhi-Xin Yang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Materials selection for microsystems actuators

open access: yes, 2008
The recent developments of novel thin film materials and their associated processes have marked the onset of change in the design philosophy of Micro-Electro- Mechanical Systems (MEMS) from process centric to performance centric.
Srinivasan, Prasanna
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