Energy-Efficient Actuation with Focus on Human-Scale and Fluid-Driven Applications
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Control Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1581
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fluid power; electro-hydraulic systems; motion control; soft robotics
Interests: energy harvesting; robotics; efficiency; controls and dynamics; wearable device
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue covers the recent advances and future perspectives related to energy-efficient actuation with a special focus on human-scale and fluid-driven applications. They are essential technologies in a wide range of fields such as biomedical robotics, soft robotics, or conventional fluid power to name a few. These subjects are characterized by different requirements and maturity levels. Nevertheless, they still pose multiple research challenges. On behalf of the journal Actuators, we invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, considering it as an optimal platform to disseminate your remarkable research.
We welcome submissions of both original research and review articles. The area of interest covers all aspects related to design, simulation, and control of human-scale and fluid-driven applications. An indicative list of potential topics, even if not comprehensive, is as follows:
- Control of fluid-driven systems using linear or nonlinear techniques;
- Control of digital fluid-driven systems;
- Control of robotics for improved energy efficiency;
- Design of energy-efficient robots;
- Design of fluid-driven soft actuators;
- Design of applications for assistive technologies;
- Design of energy-efficient hydraulic and pneumatic systems;
- Design of fluid-driven solutions for renewable energies;
- New concepts in robotics design;
- Energy harvesting from robotics;
- Fault analysis, diagnosis, and prognostic in fluid-driven systems;
- Manufacturing of fluid-driven components using 3D-printing;
- Manufacturing of fluid-driven actuators with integrated sensing capabilities;
- Simulation of hydraulic or pneumatic machines;
- Simulation study of energy efficient systems;
- Smart fluids and materials for fluid-driven actuators;
- Study of alternative forms of actuation for robotics;
- Trajectory planning for energy-efficient robotics.
Dr. Damiano Padovani
Dr. Mingyi Liu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Actuators is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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