Constrained force control of shape memory alloy actuators

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1314-1320

  Grant, Danny ^a   Hayward, Vincent ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED ACTUATORS; LIMIT CYCLE; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS; TRACKING ERROR;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORCE CONTROL; GRIPPERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0033692818     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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