Design and Control of a Novel Spherical Permanent Magnet Actuator with Three Degrees of Freedom

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-468

  Wang, Weiya ^a   Wang, Jiabin ^b   Jewell, Geraint W ^b   Howe, David ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; MANIPULATORS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; ROTORS; SERVOMECHANISMS; TORQUE CONTROL;

DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROTATIONAL MOTION; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0347131090     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2003.820003     Document Type: Article

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