Actuators 2022, 11(2), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/act11020044 - 1 Feb 2022
Best Paper Award
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Actuators 2020 Best Paper Awards. All papers published in 2020 in Actuators were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the three winning papers, which were nominated by the award committees, were selected.
One Review:
Two-Way and Multiple-Way Shape Memory Polymers for Soft Robotics: An Overview
By Giulia Scalet
Actuators 2020, 9(1), 10; https://doi.org/10.3390/act9010010.
Two Research Articles:
Low-Cost, Open-Source Mechanical Ventilator with Pulmonary Monitoring for COVID-19 Patients
By Leonardo Acho, Alessandro N. Vargas and Gisela Pujol-Vázquez
Actuators 2020, 9(3), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/act9030084.
Styrenic-Rubber Dielectric Elastomer Actuator with Inherent Stiffness Compensation
By Giacomo Moretti, Luca Sarina, Lorenzo Agostini, Rocco Vertechy, Giovanni Berselli and Marco Fontana
Actuators 2020, 9(2), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/act9020044.
Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper in Actuators in 2022.
On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners on their accomplishment. We would like to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Actuators, and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.
Kind regards,
Actuators Editorial Office
Actuators 2020 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Actuators will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Applications of Magnetorheological Fluid Actuator to Multi-DOF Systems: State-of-the-Art from 2015 to 2021
Whirl Tower Demonstration of an SMA Blade Twist System
Actuators 2022, 11(6), 141; https://doi.org/10.3390/act11060141 - 25 May 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Kenji Uchino
Chairman
The Penn State University
Prof. Dr. Zhuming Bi
Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
Prof. Guanghong Yang
Northeastern University
Prof. Jose-luis Sanchez-rojas
ETSI Industriales
Winner
Soft Exoskeletons: Development, Requirements, and Challenges of the Last Decade
Actuators 2021, 10(7), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10070166 - 19 Jul 2021
Haptic Interface with Twin-Driven MR Fluid Actuator for Teleoperation Endoscopic Surgery System
Actuators 2021, 10(10), 245; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10100245 - 23 Sep 2021
Winner
Two-Way and Multiple-Way Shape Memory Polymers for Soft Robotics: An Overview
Actuators 2020, 9(1), 10; https://doi.org/10.3390/act9010010 - 15 Feb 2020
Low-Cost, Open-Source Mechanical Ventilator with Pulmonary Monitoring for COVID-19 Patients
Actuators 2020, 9(3), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/act9030084 - 12 Sep 2020
Styrenic-Rubber Dielectric Elastomer Actuator with Inherent Stiffness Compensation
Actuators 2020, 9(2), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/act9020044 - 5 Jun 2020
Winner
Review of Electrothermal Actuators and Applications
Actuators 2019, 8(4), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/act8040069 - 21 Sep 2019
Position Control of Pneumatic Actuators Using Three-Mode Discrete-Valued Model Predictive Control
Actuators 2019, 8(3), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/act8030056 - 19 Jul 2019
