Abstract :
The present report describes R&D activities on new actuators undertaken at our laboratory at Okayama University for the past three years. These activities include various types of actuators, such as electromagnetic, electrostatic, piezoelectric, pneumatic, and hydraulic actuators, ranging in size and force from the nano to the mega range. These actuators are described in four categories: microactuators, power, intelligence, and novel principle.
Keywords :
electromagnetic actuators; electrostatic actuators; hydraulic actuators; nanostructured materials; piezoelectric actuators; pneumatic actuators; electromagnetic actuators; electrostatic actuators; hydraulic actuators; megaactuators; microactuators; nanoactuators; piezoelectric actuators; pneumatic actuators; Force control; Intelligent actuators; Intelligent robots; Machining; Medical robotics; Microactuators; Orbital robotics; Research and development; Robot sensing systems; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Micro-Nanomechatronics and Human Science, 2004 and The Fourth Symposium Micro-Nanomechatronics for Information-Based Society, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on
