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Permanently magnetized elastomer rotating actuator using traveling waves

We report a soft actuator that generates continuous rotation of an object placed on it by electromagnetically exciting circular travelling waves in a soft disk. The disk, that serves as the stator, is made of a stretchable composite consisting of segments ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2024

Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper substrates

Danick Briand, Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo, Morgan Mc Kay Monroe

The development of fully solution-processed, biodegradable piezoelectrics is a critical step in the development of green electronics towards the worldwide reduction of harmful electronic waste. However, recent printing processes for piezoelectrics are hind ...

2023

Dataset for "Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper substrates"

Danick Briand, Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo, Morgan Mc Kay Monroe

This data set contains the data collected during the FNS project Green Piezo (Grant no. 179064) in association with the recent publication entitled “Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper ...

EPFL Infoscience2023

Acoustic Levitation apparatus (Robotics Practicals)

Mahmut Selman Sakar, Amit Yedidia Dolev, Bora Yalcin

The following data contain the information and files, which are required to recreate and build the experimental setup that is described in the Laboratory manual. Further details can be found in the associated publication “A graduate laboratory experiment t ...

Zenodo2023

Recent Advances in Piezoelectric Materials for Electromechanical Transducer Applications

Dragan Damjanovic

Ferroelectricity has made a huge impact on science and technology since Joseph Valasek (then a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota) discovered it in 1920, a little longer than 100 years ago. Whereas Dr. Valasek's original research was motivated by ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Electromagnetic actuator design for distributed stiffness

Jamie Paik, Fabio Zuliani

Origami robots characterized by rigid plates linked together with flexible joints have inherent compliance and large deformations. Their low-profile design and folding mechanical transmissions provide substantial force and torque, especially for wearables ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2022

Design and development of a haptic feedback demonstrator using time-reversal method and FPGAS

Andrés Chica Linares

The EPFL-LAI is investigating on haptic technologies to give vibrotactile feedback in digital musical interfaces. The aim is to develop an interactive surface that can render a multi-touch vibrotactile stimulus using piezoelectric actuators. The signals th ...

2021

Aluminum Scandium Nitride as Piezoelectric Material for SAW/BAW Hybrid Resonators with Large Figure of Merit

Guilain Lionel Germain Lang

Nowadays, no less than 21 sensors are used to monitor the health conditions of aircraft engines. However, the actual state of technology do not allow the measurements on moving parts in harsh environment (i.e. rotor shaft and blades). Thanks to its straigh ...

2021

Flow Path Optimization for Soft Pneumatic Actuators: Towards Optimal Performance and Portability

Jamie Paik, Harshal Arun Sonar, Sagar Dattatray Joshi

Soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are highly desirable for interactive robotics applications owing to their unconventional properties like high compliance, safe human-machine interaction and adaptable design space. The SPA dynamic behaviour is governed by pn ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2021

Research interest into the miniaturisation of micro-robots has soared in recent years due to the availability of suitable integrated actuators. The reduction in size of these components is achieved through the implementation of Self-Sensing Actuation (SSA) ...

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