Dynamometer power output measurements of miniature piezoelectric actuators

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Steltz, Erik ^a   Fearing, Ronald S ^b  

^a IROBOT CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Energy; Microrobots; Piezoelectric; Power

Indexed keywords

CANTILEVER BEAMS; DAMPING; DC MOTORS; DYNAMOMETERS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESONANCE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

DESIGN VARIABLES; ENERGY; ENERGY DENSITIES; ENERGY LOSS; ENERGY OUTPUTS; EXISTING ENERGIES; FLAPPING FLIGHTS; HIGH BANDWIDTHS; HIGH FIELDS; INTERNAL DAMPING; LIGHT WEIGHTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MICROROBOTS; PIEZOELECTRIC; PIEZOELECTRIC BENDING ACTUATORS; POWER; POWER DENSITIES; POWER OUTPUTS; REAL POWER; REAL-WORLD;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 61549109481     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.2005902     Document Type: Article

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