Magnetostrictive actuators play an important role in the perception of usefulness of smart
materials and devices. Their applications are potentially wider than that of piezoelectric …

This paper reports on a novel piezo-driven, parallel-kinematic, micropositioning XY stage.
This monolithic design is comprised of parallelogram four-bar linkages, flexure hinges, and …

The paper outlines the basic features concerning the design of'embedded'control and
compensation algorithms suitable to be employed in smart sensors and actuators, for real …

Multi-axis micro and nanopositioning systems are increasingly used in much of the
metrology and process equipment related to the field of nanotechnology. This, the first of a …

Grippers and robotic hands are an important field in robotics. Recently, the combination of
grasping devices and haptic feedback has been a promising avenue for many applications …

Abstract Hexagonal Ferromagnets and cubic Heusler compounds display outstanding
properties, interesting for practical applications. For both metallic systems, the occurrence of …

According to the hysteresis characteristics of the giant magnetostrictive actuator (MA), a
dynamic recurrent neural network (DRNN) is constructed as the inverse hysteresis model of …

Inverse compensation of rate-dependent Prandtl–Ishlinskii operators with finitely many
thresholds can be carried out explicitly under some structural conditions. However, if the …

A hybrid nonlinear optimal control design is experimentally implemented on a
magnetostrictive Terfenol-D actuator to illustrate enhanced tracking control at relatively high …

We suggest a new hysteresis model that can describe rate and bias effects of the harmonic
magnetic fields on hysteresis nonlinearities of a magnetostrictive actuator. The proposed …