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 …

Hysteretic nonlinearity behavior ubiquitously occurs in mechanical systems, particularly in
high-precision instruments, which severely degrades system output performance …

A piezoelectric platform driven by a bionic quadruped piezoelectric actuator is developed. It
uses the operating principle of combining bionic walking and swinging actuation modes to …

A piezoelectric stick–slip actuator with the inertial block structure is presented in an attempt
to achieve smooth motion. Under asymmetric excitation, the inertial block produces different …

A compact inchworm piezoelectric actuator using three-jaw type clamping mechanism is
developed in this study. Different from the previous inchworm piezoelectric actuators …

In recent years, researchers have conducted many investigations on load capacity and
structural optimization. However, the backward motion is still not sufficiently investigated …

The dynamics of piezoelectric stick–slip actuators is important for structural optimization and
positioning control, yet challenging to model because of the potentially inconsistent stepping …

Piezoelectric stick-slip actuators (PSSAs) are famous for ultimate working condition
adaptability, simple structure, and positioning accuracy. To meet the demand of industrial …

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 …

A piezoelectric platform driven by a multifunctional piezoelectric actuator is used to
investigate the influence of multidirectional oscillations on the output characteristics of an …