Pneumatic Hyperelastic Actuators for Grasping Curved Organic Objects

Alexandre Galley,George K. Knopf,Mohamed Kashkoush

Design and Analysis of a Clutched Parallel Elastic Actuator

Bernhard Penzlin,Chuong Ngo,Linhong Ji,Mustafa Enes Fincan,Steffen Leonhardt,Yinbo Li

Comparative Analysis among Single-Stage, Dual-Stage, and Triple-Stage Actuator Systems Applied to a Hard Disk Drive Servo System

Alamgir Hossain,Md. Arifur Rahman

A Comparison Study of a Novel Self-Contained Electro-Hydraulic Cylinder versus a Conventional Valve-Controlled Actuator—Part 1: Motion Control

Damiano Padovani,Daniel Hagen,Martin Choux

Analysis and Control of Slotless Self-Bearing Motor

Huy Phuong Nguyen,Quang Dich Nguyen,Satoshi Ueno,Trung Tuyen Bui,Xuan Bien Nguyen

High-Bandwidth Active Impedance Control of the Proprioceptive Actuator Design in Dynamic Compliant Robotics

Statistical Modeling of Photo-Bending Actuation of Hybrid Silicones Mixed with Azobenzene Powder

Hideko Koshima,Lo？c Blanc,Pierre Lambert,Takuya Taniguchi,Toru Asahi

Damage Detection Using d15 Piezoelectric Sensors in a Laminate Beam Undergoing Three-Point Bending

Anoop Dhingra,Hussain Altammar,Nathan Salowitz

Thermal Balance and Active Damping of a Piezoelectric Deformable Mirror for Adaptive Optics

André Preumont,David Alaluf,Kainan Wang

A Focus on Soft Actuation

Aslan Miriyev

A Comparison Study of a Novel Self-Contained Electro-Hydraulic Cylinder versus a Conventional Valve-Controlled Actuator—Part 2: Energy Efficiency

Damiano Padovani,Daniel Hagen,Martin Choux

Recycling-Oriented Design in Soft Robotics

Anh Minh Nguyen,Arthur Seibel

Modeling, Identification, and Control of a Discrete Variable Stiffness Actuator (DVSA)

Ahmad Albalasie,Dongming Gan,Irfan Hussain,Mohammad I. Awad

Structural-Parametric Model and Diagram of a Multilayer Electromagnetoelastic Actuator for Nanomechanics

Sergey M. Afonin

Shape Memory Polymer Composite Actuator: Modeling Approach for Preliminary Design and Validation

Antonio Concilio,Fabrizio Quadrini,Loredana Santo,Monica Ciminello,Salvatore Ameduri

Review of Electrothermal Actuators and Applications

Alissa Potekhina,Changhai Wang

A Miniature 3D Printed On-Off Linear Pneumatic Actuator and Its Demonstration into a Cartoon Character of a Hopping Lamp

Christian L. Nall,Pranav A. Bhounsule

Evaluation of a Combustion-Based Mesoscale Thermal Actuator in Open and Closed Operating Cycles？

Sindhu Preetham Burugupally

Characteristics and Analysis of an Eddy Current Shock Absorber Damper Using Finite Element Analysis？

Ahmed A. Abdallah,Ahmed A. Huzayyin,Amr A. Adly,Tamer M. Abdo

Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Actuators in 2018

Flexible Shape-Memory Alloy-Based Actuator: Mechanical Design Optimization According to Application

Dolores Blanco,Dorin Copaci,Luis E. Moreno

On the Directivity of Acoustic Waves Generated by the Angle Beam Wedge Actuator in Thin-Walled Structures

Evgenia Kirillova,Evgeny Rozhkov,Maria Shevtsova,Sergey Shevtsov,Valery Chebanenko

Position Control of Pneumatic Actuators Using Three-Mode Discrete-Valued Model Predictive Control

Gary M. Bone,Haitao Qi,Yile Zhang

A Critical Analysis of Valve-Compensated Hydrostatic Actuators: Qualitative Investigation

Gustavo Koury Costa,Nariman Sepehri

Soft Driving Epicyclical Mechanism for Robotic Finger

Astrid Rubiano,Jose Ramirez,Paola Castiblanco

Correction: Persoons, T.; Cressall, R.; Alimohammadi, S. Validating a Reduced-Order Model for Synthetic Jet Actuators Using CFD and Experimental Data. Actuators 2018, 7, 67

Rick Cressall,Sajad Alimohammadi,Tim Persoons

Applicability of Shape Memory Alloys in Aircraft Interiors

Antonia Weirich,Bernd Kuhlenk？tter

Electrical Performance of a Piezo-inductive Device for Energy Harvesting with Low-Frequency Vibrations

Carlos Alberto Vargas,Hector Andres Tinoco

Scalable Bi-Directional SMA-Based Rotational Actuator？

Paul Motzki,Rouven Britz,Stefan Seelecke

A Statistical State Analysis of a Marine Gas Turbine

José Requeijo,Suzana Lampreia,Valter Vairinhos,Victor Lobo

Artificial Immune Systems: An Overview for Faulting Actuators

Robert Kidd

Active Control of Bluff-Body Flows Using Plasma Actuators

Efstathios Konstantinidis

Review of Modeling and Control of Magnetostrictive Actuators

Experimental Investigations on Self-Bearing Motors with Combined Torque and Electrodynamic Bearing Windings？

A Vacuum Powered Soft Textile-Based Clutch

A Multistate Friction Model for the Compensation of the Asymmetric Hysteresis in the Mechanical Response of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

Alessia Capace,Alessio Merola,Carlo Cosentino,Francesco Amato

Carbon Nanostructures for Actuators: An Overview of Recent Developments

Space Vector Modulation Strategies for Self-Sensing Three-Phase Radial Active Magnetic Bearings？

Dominik Wimmer,Manfred Schr？dl,Markus Hutterer,Matthias Hofer

Mechanical Simplification of Variable-Stiffness Actuators Using Dielectric Elastomer Transducers

David P. Allen,Edgar Bolívar,Robert D. Gregg,Sophie Farmer,Walter Voit

Design and Analysis of a 1D Actively Stabilized System with Viscoelastic Damping Support？

Gerald Jungmayr,Josef Passenbrunner,Wolfgang Amrhein

Variable Preloading Force in an Archetypal Oscillator

Dragan Cveticanin,Livija Cveticanin,Miodrag Zukovic,Zvonko Rakaric

Shape Memory Activated Self-Deployable Solar Sails: Small-Scale Prototypes Manufacturing and Planarity Analysis by 3D Laser Scanner

Alberto Boschetto,Girolamo Costanza,Luana Bottini,Maria Elisa Tata

Stochastic Effects on the Dynamics of the Resonant Structure of a Lorentz Force MEMS Magnetometer

Mehrdad Bagherinia,Stefano Mariani

A Soft Master-Slave Robot Mimicking Octopus Arm Structure Using Thin Artificial Muscles and Wire Encoders

Hiroki Hagihara,Shota Furukawa,Shuichi Wakimoto,Takefumi Kanda

Performance Enhancement of a Magnetic System in a Ultra Compact 5-DOF-Controlled Self-Bearing Motor for a Rotary Pediatric Ventricular-Assist Device to Diminish Energy Input？

Eisuke Tatsumi,Masahiro Osa,Ryoga Orihara,Toru Masuzawa

Optimal Magnetic Spring for Compliant Actuation—Validated Torque Density Benchmark？

Bert Lenaerts,Branimir Mrak,Walter Driesen,Wim Desmet

Insect Muscular Tissue-Powered Swimming Robot

Kaoru Uesugi,Keisuke Morishima,Minamida Hiroki,Yaxiaer Yalikun,Yigang Shen,Yo Tanaka,Yoshitake Akiyama

On-Board Pneumatic Pressure Generation Methods for Soft Robotics Applications

Arthur Seibel,Momme Adami

Distributed Cooperative Avoidance Control for Multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Rodney Swee Huat Teo,Sunan Huang,Wenqi Liu

Design and Analysis of Novel Actuation Mechanism with Controllable Stiffness

Erivelton Gualter dos Santos,Hanz Richter