The need for precision positioning applications has enormously influenced the research and
development towards the growth of precision actuators. Over the years, piezoelectric …

Multifarious flexure-based displacement amplifiers have been proposed and studied in the
past decades, showing importance in many industrial fields, such as bioengineering, optical …

This paper presents the design, modeling, and experimental validation of a novel XYZ
micro/nano positioner driven by piezoelectric actuator (PEA). To achieve a large motion …

This article presents the design, analysis, and prototype test of a novel spatial deployable
three-degree of freedom (DOF) compliant nano-positioner with a three-stage motion …

Piezoelectric actuators are emerging as a promising technology with their potential to deliver
a system with high specific power, accuracy, quick response and resolution. Over the years …

This paper presents a novel XY nano-positioning stage using a compliant parallel
mechanism with small crosstalk and yaw motion. A parallel mechanism can implement multi …

A three-degrees-of-freedom (3-DOF) monolithic compliant parallel micromanipulator with
bridge-type displacement amplifier is presented in this paper. The research aims are to …

This paper presents a compact two-degrees of freedom piezo-driven positioning stage. To
achieve large working stroke, the stick-slip principle was employed, and to make the stage …

Micro-positioning stages, which are capable to meet the emerging industrial trend for
performing various kinds of micro-manipulation and micro-assembly tasks are the crucial …

Vibration assisted machining is an advanced non-conventional precision machining
technique aiming at improving the machining performance by superimposing a small …