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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Electromechanical Actuator"”.
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Modeling and control of a bioinspired, distributed electromechanical actuator system emulating a biological spine
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Analysis of nonlinear electroelastic continua with electric conduction
… conduction. This theory is suitable for modeling actuator and sensor devices composed of deformable, electromechanically coupled, highly insulating materials. Consistency is proven between the large deformation theory and the classical Poynting vector based piezoelectric small deformation theory, …
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Power Regeneration in Actively Controlled Structures
… in a state-space form for two different types of actuators: a piezoelectric stack actuator and a linear electromagnetic (EM) actuator. During regenerative operation, the power is flowing from the mechanical disturbance through the electromechanical actuator and its switching drive into the …
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Chemical sensing using polypyrrole actuators
… The ICP polypyrrole can be prepared as an electromechanical actuator, capable of operation under low applied power. Through the application of colorimetric dyes to the polypyrrole actuators simple sensors can be developed with the actuator acting as a delivery mechanism of the sensor to the …
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An electromechanical valve drive incorporating a nonlinear mechanical transformer
… actuation systems is the VVA operated by an electromechanical actuator without a camshaft, the so-called bi-positional electromechanical valve drive (EMVD). Existing EMVDs characteristically use a spring to provide the required mechanical power for operating a valve. The use of a spring …
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The design and development of an electromechanical adaptation for a Novel 3D printed functional hand prosthesis
… The aim of this study was thus to design an electromechanical hand prosthesis that meets the functional and grasping requirements of prosthesis users. To this end, the Self-Actuated Tenim Hand (SATH), a functional electromechanically actuated prosthesis, was developed. The SATH, based on the …
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Applications of Layer-by-Layer Films in Electrochromic Devices and Bending Actuators
… the application of LbL assembly in fabricating electromechanical bending actuators. For bending actuators based on ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs), a new class of conductive composite network (CNC) electrode was investigated, based on LbL self-assembled multilayers of conductive gold (Au) …
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High efficiency pulse motor drive for robotic propulsion
… on swimming motion. To achieve high efficiency, electromechanical drives need to be actuated at high speed and low torque. However, in many robots, the drives are actuated in a low speed and high torque mode, resulting in lower efficiency. Implementing gear trains is one option to rise the input …
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Smart Polymer Electromechanical Actuators for Soft Microrobotic Applications
Ionic electroactive polymer (IEAP) actuators are a class of electroactive polymer devices that exhibit electromechanical coupling through ion transport in the device. They consist of an ionomeric membrane coated with conductive network composites (CNCs) and conductive electrodes on both sides. A …
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Compact Electromechanical Actuators for Urban Air Mobility: Development of a Framework for Design, Digital Twin and PHM Integration in eVTOL Aircrafts
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Modelling and Control of Complex Structures: From Ebatronics to Electromechanical Devices and Their Industrial Applications [Modellazione e controllo di strutture complesse: Dall'ebatronica ai dispositivi elettromeccanici e alle loro applicazioni industriali]
La ricerca mira a studiare la modellazione e il controllo di sistemi complessi per contribuire ai crescenti progressi della robotica e dell'ingegneria. Questa ricerca è stata condotta in un laboratorio di robotica verde chiamato Ebatronics, dove sono stati utilizzati componenti sostenibili e …