Optimal on-off controller with charge recovery for thin-film piezoelectric actuators for an autonomous mobile micro-robot

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3465-3470

  Edamana, Biju ^a   Oldham, Kenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RECOVERY; ROBOT PROGRAMMING;

CHARGE RECOVERY; EFFICIENT CONTROL; MINIMIZING THE NUMBER OF; PARTIAL CHARGES; POSITIONING ACCURACY; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; THIN FILM PIEZOELECTRIC; ULTRA LOW POWER;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 80053155590     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/acc.2011.5991459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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