Editorial Board
- Actuators for Surface Vehicles Section
- Aerospace Actuators Section
- Actuators for Medical Instruments Section
- Actuators for Robotics Section
- Actuators for Manufacturing Systems Section
- Actuator Materials Section
- High Torque/Power Density Actuators Section
- Precision Actuators Section
- Miniaturized and Micro Actuators Section
- Control Systems Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Interests: nonlinear control; sliding mode control; friction modelling; pneumatic systems; variable buoyancy control for underwater vehicles; control saving strategies
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Interests: nonlinear control; sliding mode control; friction modelling; pneumatic systems; variable buoyancy control for underwater vehicles; control saving strategies
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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
Interests: smart materials; sensor; stimuli-responsive materials; bioprinting; tissue engineering; biomaterials
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Interests: smart materials; sensor; stimuli-responsive materials; bioprinting; tissue engineering; biomaterials
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Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Interests: mechatronics; robotics; embedded software; autonomous systems; HIL software testing; industrial automation; servo motion control; electro-hdydraulic systems; construction; mining; agricultural equipment technology
Interests: mechatronics; robotics; embedded software; autonomous systems; HIL software testing; industrial automation; servo motion control; electro-hdydraulic systems; construction; mining; agricultural equipment technology
School of Artificial Intelligence, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Interests: robotics; underactuated systems; cranes; wheeled mobile robots; constrained control
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Interests: robotics; underactuated systems; cranes; wheeled mobile robots; constrained control
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School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Interests: robotics; autonomous systems; intelligent manufacturing; materials processing; instrumentation
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Interests: robotics; autonomous systems; intelligent manufacturing; materials processing; instrumentation
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Department of Electronic and Information Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo 337-8570, Japan
Interests: adaptive control; hysteresis; modelling; sliding mode control; smart material-based actuators
Interests: adaptive control; hysteresis; modelling; sliding mode control; smart material-based actuators
School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Interests: sensory data analytics; time series; fault diagnosis; activity recognition; transfer learning
Interests: sensory data analytics; time series; fault diagnosis; activity recognition; transfer learning
Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, 3179J Martin Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: vibration and shock mitigation; smart materials
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Interests: vibration and shock mitigation; smart materials
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS), Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Interests: aerospace actuators; robots; applied mechanics; modeling and simulation; diagnostics; engineering; flap/slat actuation systems; FBG sensors; flight control systems; hydraulics; MATLAB Simulink; mechatronics; on-board systems; prognostics and systems engineering
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Interests: aerospace actuators; robots; applied mechanics; modeling and simulation; diagnostics; engineering; flap/slat actuation systems; FBG sensors; flight control systems; hydraulics; MATLAB Simulink; mechatronics; on-board systems; prognostics and systems engineering
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Scranton, PA 18512, USA
Interests: dynamics; vibrations; computational mechanics; fluid-structure interaction; system dynamics; fluid flow; numerical simulations
Interests: dynamics; vibrations; computational mechanics; fluid-structure interaction; system dynamics; fluid flow; numerical simulations
NSFI/UCRC on Smart Vehicle Concepts, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, E307 Scott Laboratory, 201 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Interests: smart materials and structures; ultrasonic additive manufacturing
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Interests: smart materials and structures; ultrasonic additive manufacturing
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School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: actuators; soft robotics; biologically inspired robotics; manufacturing; circular economy
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Interests: actuators; soft robotics; biologically inspired robotics; manufacturing; circular economy
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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80125 Napoli (NA), Italy
Interests: thermo-fluid dynamic stability; flow control; synthetic jet actuators; free surface flows
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Interests: thermo-fluid dynamic stability; flow control; synthetic jet actuators; free surface flows
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Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimization (iDRO), School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Interests: biomechatronics; biorobotics; biomimetics; intelligent control; automation
Interests: biomechatronics; biorobotics; biomimetics; intelligent control; automation
Institute of Advanced Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Interests: distributed secondary control of microgrids and cyber-physical systems
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Interests: distributed secondary control of microgrids and cyber-physical systems
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State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
Interests: dynamics of high-temperature superconducting maglev train system; superconducting maglev transportation; low-vacuum-pipeline maglev transportation
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Interests: dynamics of high-temperature superconducting maglev train system; superconducting maglev transportation; low-vacuum-pipeline maglev transportation
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School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Interests: finite-time control theory and its applications; sliding mode control; motion control
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Interests: finite-time control theory and its applications; sliding mode control; motion control
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College of Information Science and Engineering the State Key Laboratory of Synthetical Automation for Process Industries and the Key Laboratory of Vibration and Control of Aero-Propulsion Systems Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Interests: fuzzy control; robust control; reliable control
Interests: fuzzy control; robust control; reliable control
School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Interests: nonlinear control; robotics
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Interests: nonlinear control; robotics
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Centre for Defence Engineering and Physical Science, Cranfield University, Swindon SN6 8LA, UK
Interests: intelligent actuators; modelling and control of actuators; optimized actuator control; actuators for UAV and vehicle systems
Interests: intelligent actuators; modelling and control of actuators; optimized actuator control; actuators for UAV and vehicle systems
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, 1130 N. Mountain Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Interests: micro/nano actuators; electro-magnetic and electrostatic actuators; modeling, analysis, and controls of electro-mechanical actuators and systems; biomedical devices; surgical actuators and end-effectors; compliant mechanisms
Interests: micro/nano actuators; electro-magnetic and electrostatic actuators; modeling, analysis, and controls of electro-mechanical actuators and systems; biomedical devices; surgical actuators and end-effectors; compliant mechanisms
Industrial Engineering Department, University of Trento, Via Sommarive, 9, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
Interests: dielectric elastomer actuators; electrostatic actuators; dielectric fluid actuators; transparent transmission systems; exoskeletons; hydrostatic transmissions; variable stiffness actuators; energy efficiency
Interests: dielectric elastomer actuators; electrostatic actuators; dielectric fluid actuators; transparent transmission systems; exoskeletons; hydrostatic transmissions; variable stiffness actuators; energy efficiency
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: microsystems; numerical methods; FEM; nonlinear dynamics
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Interests: microsystems; numerical methods; FEM; nonlinear dynamics
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Department of Advanced Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Toyota Technological Institute, 12-1, Hisakata 2-Chome, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8511, Japan
Interests: piezoelectric actuator; piezoelectric mover; control of piezoelectric actuator; applications of ultrasonic vibration; electrochemical discharge machining
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Interests: piezoelectric actuator; piezoelectric mover; control of piezoelectric actuator; applications of ultrasonic vibration; electrochemical discharge machining
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Department of Fluid Mechanics, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Campus Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
Interests: fluid power technology and internal complex flows in components employing dynamical; numerical and experimental techniques; computational fluid dynamics and particle image velocimetry; mechanics in ejectors
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Interests: fluid power technology and internal complex flows in components employing dynamical; numerical and experimental techniques; computational fluid dynamics and particle image velocimetry; mechanics in ejectors
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Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen 518055, China
Interests: 4D printing; smart materials and structures; 3D printing; mechanics of soft materials; soft robotics; flexible electronics
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Interests: 4D printing; smart materials and structures; 3D printing; mechanics of soft materials; soft robotics; flexible electronics
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Lassonde Building, 1012D, Toronto, ON M3J1P3, Canada
Interests: biologically sensors and actuators; CMOS biosensors; integrated microfluidic microelectronic systems
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Interests: biologically sensors and actuators; CMOS biosensors; integrated microfluidic microelectronic systems
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Department of Electrical Engineering, UTP University of Science and Technology, Al. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-769 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Interests: electrical machines and drives; electromagnetics; electromechanics; linear drives and magnetics levitation; aircraft electric systems; railway engineering
Interests: electrical machines and drives; electromagnetics; electromechanics; linear drives and magnetics levitation; aircraft electric systems; railway engineering
Advanced Robotics Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
Interests: variable stiffness actuators; variable impedance; compliant joint/mechanism; novel actuators for natural machine motion; physical human-robot interaction; compliance and impedance control; grasping, grippers and other end-effectors; haptics and haptic interfaces; multifingered hands; prosthetics and exoskeletons
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Interests: variable stiffness actuators; variable impedance; compliant joint/mechanism; novel actuators for natural machine motion; physical human-robot interaction; compliance and impedance control; grasping, grippers and other end-effectors; haptics and haptic interfaces; multifingered hands; prosthetics and exoskeletons
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Interests: intelligent robotic systems and intelligent control systems using fuzzy systems and neural network technologies
Interests: intelligent robotic systems and intelligent control systems using fuzzy systems and neural network technologies
