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 2021 Best Paper Award. All
papers published in 2021 in Actuators were considered for the award. After a thorough
evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads,
three winners were selected.
One Review:
Soft Exoskeletons: Development, Requirements, and Challenges of the Last Decade
By Alan Francisco Pérez Vidal, Jesse Yoe Rumbo Morales, Gerardo Ortiz Torres, Felipe
de Jesús Sorcia Vázquez, Alan Cruz Rojas, Jorge Aurelio Brizuela Mendoza and Julio
César Rodríguez Cerda
Actuators 2021, 10(7), 166; doi:10.3390/act10070166
Two Articles:
Design of a 2DoF Ankle Exoskeleton with a Polycentric Structure and a Bi-Directional Tendon-Driven Actuator Controlled Using a PID Neural Network
By Taehoon Lee, Inwoo Kim and Yoon Su Baek
Actuators 2021, 10(1), 9; doi:10.3390/act10010009
Haptic Interface with Twin-Driven MR Fluid Actuator for Teleoperation
Endoscopic Surgery System
By Takehito Kikuchi, Tetsumasa Takano, Akinori Yamaguchi, Asaka Ikeda and Isao Abe
Actuators 2021, 10(10), 245; doi:10.3390/act10100245
Each winner will receive CHF 500, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a
free paper in Actuators in 2023 after peer review.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of Actuators 2021 Best Paper Award. We
would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued
support of Actuators.
Kind regards,
Actuators Editorial Office
Actuators 2021 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
