Various non-resonant piezoelectric actuators have been emerged in recent decades and
they have been applied successfully in many industrial fields, such as medical apparatuses …

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the literature regarding the modeling and
control of piezoelectric inertia–friction actuators (PIFAs). Examples of PIFAs are impact drive …

Piezoelectric-actuated stick-slip device (PASSD) is a highly promising equipment that is
composed of one end-effector, one piezoelectric actuator (PEA) and one driving object …

A resonant/off-resonant hybrid excitation of a piezoelectric stick–slip actuator is proposed in
this paper. It is accomplished by a resonant sinusoidal friction regulation wave (RSFR-wave) …

This paper deals with a historical overview of the activities of the French FEMTO-ST institute
in the field of microrobotic manipulation and assembly. It firstly shows tools developed for …

The studies presented in this paper are motivated by the high performances required in
micromanipulation/microassembly tasks. For that, this paper presents the development, the …

Stick-slip piezoelectric actuators have been widely employed in those fields where both
large working stroke and high positioning accuracy are required. However, the problems of …

The ability to do dexterous automated and semi-automated tasks at the micro-and nano-
meter scales inside a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is a critical issue for …

This research presents a novel piezoelectric stick–slip actuator design that capable of
achieving higher speeds and handling heavier loads. This addresses the requirement for …

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 …