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
