4. Summary
Each of the first three sections highlighted the main features of piezoelectric, flexible fluidic and shape memory alloy-based actuation. For each, the article first introduces the basic physical principle and its exploitation in actuators for robotics. Elements of dimensioning and integration are available for the designer, as are emblematic examples from the development of robotic device prototypes. The solutions presented are not, of course, equivalent, but rather complementary. To underline this, we can draw on diagrams such as the one in figure
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Bibliography
Websites
Cedrat Technologies http://www.cedrat-technologies.com
Festo https://www.festo.com/catalogue/dmsp
Piezomotor Uppsala AB ...
Events
Micronora: Europe's leading microtechnology and precision trade show (every two years in even-numbered years). http://www.micronora.com/
Standards and norms
- AFNOR Shape memory alloys (AMF) – Vocabulary and measurements - NF A51-080 AFNOR - 1991
Patents
Takagi et al. Pneumatic Actuator for Manipulator, US patent 4,615,260 (1986)
Richard H. Gaylor, Fluid Actuated Motor System and Stroking Device, US patent 2,844,126 (1958).
Thanks
This work was partly funded by the PAI 7/38 MicroMAST network initiated by the Belgian Federal Science Policy (BELSPO), by the ARC Prediction project, and by the Erasmus Mundus EASED program.
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