Bolted joint are among the key components that enable the robust assembly of a wide
variety of structures. However, due to wear and tear over time, bolted joint may loosen, and if …

The design and control of a novel piezoelectric actuated compliant microgripper is studied in
this paper to achieve fast, precise, and robust micro grasping operations. First, the …

A novel piezo-actuated compliant mechanism is developed to obtain triaxial translational
motions with decoupled features for nanocutting. Analytical modeling of the working …

A U-shaped stepping piezoelectric actuator featuring low motion coupling is proposed,
fabricated and tested. The actuator contains four similar piezoelectric actuation units (PAUs) …

In the laboratory, using traditional methods to measure the resonant frequency of
transducers is inefficient and costly. For this, in this study, the feature variables determining …

This paper presents the implementation of a novel vibration amplitude control and resonant
frequency tracking for piezoelectric transducers (PTs) and ultrasonic motors (USMs). It is …

This paper describes the design, manufacture, and performance of an untethered hexapod
robot titled MinRAR V2. This robot utilizes a monolithic piezoelectric element machined to …

Although high-frequency ultrasonic micromachining systems have shown great advantages
in microstructure manufacture with high efficiency and accuracy, the potential applications …

A resonant piezoelectric rotary motor using parallel moving gears mechanism is proposed,
designed, fabricated and tested. The piezoelectric motor uses a vibrator to make the stator …

A non-resonant stepping type piezoelectric actuator with bolt-clamped configuration was
developed and tested in this work. This actuator was operated under clamping and driving …