Dynamometer power output measurements of piezoelectric actuators

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3980-3986

  Steltz, E ^a   Fearing, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY OUTPUT; PIEZOELECTRIC BENDING ACTUATORS; POWER OUTPUTS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CANTILEVER BEAMS; DAMPING; DC MOTORS; DYNAMOMETERS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ROBOTICS; THEOREM PROVING;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 42549107750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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