Precision positioning systems with large working stroke (millimeter or more) and micro/nano-
scale positioning resolution are widely required in both scientific research and industries …

Various non-resonant piezoelectric actuators have been emerged in recent decades and
they have been applied successfully in many industrial fields, such as medical apparatuses …

Piezoelectric inertia motors—also known as stick-slip motors or (smooth) impact drives—use
the inertia of a body to drive it in small steps by means of an uninterrupted friction contact. In …

Aiming to simulate the experimentally observed three kinds of one-stepping characteristics
in stick-slip piezoelectric actuators, ie, backward motion, smooth motion, and sudden jump, a …

This paper presents a piezoelectric-driven stepping rotary actuator based on the inchworm
motion. With the help of nine piezoelectric stacks and the flexure hinges, the designed …

The smooth impact drive mechanism (SIDM) is a type of piezoelectric actuator that has been
developed for several decades. As a kind of driving method for the SIDM, the traditional …

In the field of piezoelectric actuators, high speed piezoelectric stick-slip actuators have
received considerable attention. A linear stick-slip piezoelectric actuator is proposed in this …

Nanorobotic systems using piezoelectric stick-slip actuators are widely used in
nanotechnology. They operate mainly in a coarse-positioning mode and a fine-positioning …

A symmetrical hybrid driving waveform (SHDW) is proposed in this paper, which includes a
symmetrical saw-tooth driving waveform and a sinusoidal friction regulation waveform, and …

A piezo-driven linear actuator based on the improved stick–slip principle is developed in this
article. With the help of two piezo-stacks and flexure hinges, the preload force can be …