Inversion-based feedforward control of polypyrrole trilayer bender actuators

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-156

  John, Stephen W ^a   Alici, Gursel ^a   Cook, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actuators; Feedforward systems; Intelligent materials; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BENDING ACTUATORS; DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENTS; EXTERNAL LOADS; FEED-FORWARD; FEEDFORWARD SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; LOW ACTUATION VOLTAGE; MANIPULATION DEVICES; MICRO-SCALES; POSITIONAL CONTROL; TRILAYERS;

ACTUATORS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FEEDBACK; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYPYRROLES;

FEEDFORWARD CONTROL;

EID: 70549104967     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2009.2020732     Document Type: Article

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