Closed-loop control of a core free rolled EAP actuator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7287, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sarbana, Rahimullah ^a   Oubaeka, Jakob ^a   Jones, Richard W ^b  

^a DANFOSS A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Closed loop control; Dielectric electro active polymer; FPGA; PI control; Smart compliant electrode technology; Tubular actuator

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL; DIELECTRIC ELECTRO ACTIVE POLYMER; FPGA; PI CONTROL; SMART COMPLIANT ELECTRODE TECHNOLOGY; TUBULAR ACTUATOR;

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); POLYMERS; SILICONES; TWO TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 69849085793     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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