Nonlinear force control of dielectric electroactive polymer actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7642, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ozsecen, Muzaffer Y ^a   Mavroidis, Constantinos ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomers; Electro active polymer actuators; Nonlinear control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS AND SENSORS; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; FORCE CONTROLLER; IN-FIELD; INVERSE MODELS; LITTLE RESEARCH; MEDICAL DEVICES; NON LINEAR CONTROL; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NONLINEAR FORCE; POWER DENSITIES; REAL TIME; SMART SOLUTIONS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONTROLLERS; ELASTOMERS; FORCE CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; RUBBER;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77953237985     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.847240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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