Shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators, which have ability to return to a predetermined shape
when heated, have many potential applications in aeronautics, surgical tools, robotics and …

This paper illustrates an experimental activity for the closed-loop position control of an
actuator made using shape memory alloy (SMA) wire. A solution with the self-sensing effect …

This brief investigates a possible application of the inverse Preisach model in combination
with the feedforward and feedback control strategies to control shape memory alloy …

This paper presents the design and analysis of a novel 3-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF)
parallel manipulator equipped with self-sensing Ni-Ti (Nitinol) actuators. The manipulator's …

This study describes the design of a parallel spatial manipulator with four degrees of
freedom actuated with shape memory alloy (SMA) wire to validate the use of SMA in …

A Stewart platform is a parallel manipulator robot that is able to perform three linear
movements, lateral, longitudinal, and vertical, and three rotations, pitch, yaw, and roll. This …

The paper presents the design of a 3-DOF parallel robot actuated by SMA wires. The paper
explains the kinematic model, the mechanical design and the control system of the robot …

Large displacement static analysis of a fully compliant spatial mechanism is presented here.
This mechanism is made up of a superelastic nitinol pipe as its compliant structural member …

The paper addresses the benefits and new perspectives in minimally invasive surgery,
related to the development of a new generation of surgical robots for natural orifice …

This article presents a comparative analysis of four numerical approaches—Newton
Raphson method, trust region dogleg method, implicit solver (IS) based method considering …