Compliant mechanisms have become an important branch of modern mechanisms. Unlike
conventional rigid body mechanisms, compliant mechanisms transform the displacement …

Piezo-actuated stages have become more and more promising in nanopositioning
applications due to the excellent advantages of the fast response time, large mechanical …

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 …

Precision engineering applications need for compliant micro positioning stages with a wide
travel range, high accuracy, and a small footprint. These advantages are provided by …

Piezomicropositioning actuators, which are widely used in micropositioning applications,
exhibit strong rate-dependent hysteresis nonlinearities that affect the accuracy of these …

This paper focuses on the design and analysis of a novel flexure-based mechanism which is
capable of performing planar motion with three degrees of freedom (3-DOF). This …

This paper presents a novel compliant parallel XY micromotion stage driven by piezoelectric
actuators (PZT). With the purpose to obtain complete kinematic decoupling and good …

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 …

This paper presents the mechanical design, computational optimization, and
experimentation of a decoupled 2-DOF monolithic mechanism. In the mechanical design …