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

The development of piezoelectric actuation, starting from single-layer materials with the
converse piezoelectric effect, then progressing to multilayer piezo-stack actuators, amplified …

A stick-slip based linear actuator was proposed in this paper, which applied the axial motion
of the micropositioner to adjust the preload, and the lateral motion to drive the slider. The bi …

An inertial actuator that improves load capacity within a miniaturized structure has drawn
wide attention. This work proposes an inertial piezoelectric linear actuator and investigates a …

A novel inertial piezoelectric actuator is proposed in this study to address the large vibration
problem in piezoelectric actuators with a typical cantilever structure. Piezoelectric vibrators …

A linear inertial piezoelectric actuator using a single bimorph vibrator clamped by
asymmetrical fixed beam structure is proposed in this paper to achieve extremely simple …

Stick-slip piezoelectric actautors are promising actautors with prinicipally unlimited stroke
and positioning resolution. However, it is challenged with a low load capacity, which limits …

A novel traveling wave piezoelectric-actuated tracked mobile robot with potential application
to robotic rovers was proposed and investigated in this study. The proposed tracked mobile …

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 …

This work presents a new class of micromachined electrostatic actuators capable of
producing output force and displacement unprecedented for MEMS electrostatic actuators …