Actuators, Volume 14, Issue 1

Hydraulic motors have been widely used in large-scale machinery such as ground heavy equipment and heavy-duty vehicles, ships, and so on because of their high-power drive capability. However, the driving device is confronted with constraints related...

Vehicle system models can be roughly divided into two categories, dynamic and steady-state (or quasi-steady-state) models, and can be applied to evaluate vehicle transient performance such as vehicle longitudinal and lateral dynamics, as well as ener...

As a representative of multi-functional engineering machinery, the excavator is irreplaceable in the field of engineering construction. To autonomously control the excavator bucket, it is essential to control the position of the bucket hydraulic cyli...

This paper discusses the dynamics of a novel energy harvester that converts heat into mechanical vibrations of two polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric cantilevers that generate electrical energy using a shape memory alloy (SMA) filament. The...

The inspection of underwater structures is often hampered by harsh environmental conditions, limited access, high costs, and inherent safety issues. This paper focuses on the use of an underwater rover to implement automated imaging techniques for fa...

Aiming at the problem of lateral deviation of large-scale long-endurance solar-powered UAVs relative to the runway during takeoff or landing, a UAV ground motion control structure based on the combination of engine differential and rudder was propose...

In the present study, to address the issue of flow rate instability in the flow boiling experimental system, a flow rate adaptive control system is developed using a single-neuron PID adaptive algorithm, enhanced with the whale optimization algorithm...

Magnetic shape memory alloy-based actuators (MSMA-BAs) have extensive applications in the field of micro-nano positioning technology. However, complex hysteresis seriously affects its performance. To describe the hysteresis of MSMA-BA, this study pro...

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are increasingly recognized for their potential in robotic applications due to their ability to undergo significant deformation when subjected to an electric field. However, they are often limited by their low ou...

After eliminating the speed sensor in the linear induction motor (LIM) high-performance closed-loop control system, the speed feedback information is missing in the speed closed loop. The accuracy of speed observation results is affected by changes i...