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189	Status and Perspectives of Multiferroic Magnetoelectric Composite Materials and Applications by Haribabu Palneedi, Venkateswarlu Annapureddy, Shashank Priya and Jungho Ryu
78	Recent Progress on PZT Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Technologies by Min-Gyu Kang, Woo-Suk Jung, Chong-Yun Kang and Seok-Jin Yoon
57	Recent Progress on BaTiO₃-Based Piezoelectric Ceramics for Actuator Applications by Jinghui Gao, Dezhen Xue, Wenfeng Liu, Chao Zhou and Xiaobing Ren
49	Piezoelectric Motors, an Overview by Karl Spanner and Burhanettin Koc
47	Flexible Medical Devices: Review of Controllable Stiffness Solutions by Loïc Blanc, Alain Delchambre and Pierre Lambert
42	Self-Sensing Ionic Polymer Actuators: A Review by Karl Kruusamäe, Andres Punning, Alvo Aabloo and Kinji Asaka
41	Piezoelectric Inertia Motors—A Critical Review of History, Concepts, Design, Applications, and Perspectives by Matthias Hunstig
39	Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Rehabilitation by Guido Belforte, Gabriella Eula, Alexandre Ivanov and Silvia Sirolli
35	An Overview of Novel Actuators for Soft Robotics by Pinar Boyraz, Gundula Runge and Annika Raatz
32	Piezoelectric Transformers: An Historical Review by Alfredo Vazquez Carazo

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1	Self-Healing and High Interfacial Strength in Multi-Material Soft Pneumatic Robots via Reversible Diels–Alder Bonds by Seppe Terryn, Ellen Roels, Joost Brancart, Guy Van Assche and Bram Vanderborght
1	Assessment of Short Rectangular-Tab Actuation of Supersonic Jet Mixing by Abhash Ranjan, Mrinal Kaushik, Dipankar Deb, Vlad Muresan and Mihaela Unguresan
1	A Modeling of Twisted and Coiled Polymer Artificial Muscles Based on Elastic Rod Theory by Chunbing Wu and Wen Zheng
1	Research on an Electromagnetic Actuator for Vibration Suppression and Energy Regeneration by Wei Wei, Qiang Li, Fangchao Xu, Xiaoyou Zhang, Junjie Jin, Jiaqi Jin and Feng Sun
1	A Novel Two Stage Controller for a DC-DC Boost Converter to Harvest Maximum Energy from the PV Power Generation by Asma Charaabi, Oscar Barambones, Abdelaziz Zaidi and Nadia Zanzouri
1	Development of a Novel Latching-Type Electromagnetic Actuator for Applications in Minimally Invasive Surgery by HaoChen Wang and Ali K. El Wahed
1	Energy Harvesting of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites Based on Microcellular Foamed Nafion in Aqueous Environment by Byung Chul Kweon, Joo Seong Sohn, Youngjae Ryu and Sung Woon Cha
1	The Design, Kinematics and Torque Analysis of the Self-Bending Soft Contraction Actuator by Alaa Al-Ibadi, Samia Nefti-Meziani and Steve Davis

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5	Soft Robotics: A Review of Recent Developments of Pneumatic Soft Actuators by James Walker, Thomas Zidek, Cory Harbel, Sanghyun Yoon, F. Sterling Strickland, Srinivas Kumar and Minchul Shin
3	Electromechanical Vibration Characteristics of Porous Bimorph and Unimorph Doubly Curved Panels by Mahmoud Askari, Eugenio Brusa and Cristiana Delprete
3	High-Bandwidth Active Impedance Control of the Proprioceptive Actuator Design in Dynamic Compliant Robotics by Simon Hjorth Jessing Lund, Peter Billeschou and Leon Bonde Larsen
2	Review on the Development, Control Method and Application Prospect of Brake-by-Wire Actuator by Xiaoxiang Gong, Weiguo Ge, Juan Yan, Yiwei Zhang and Xiangyu Gongye
2	Two-Way and Multiple-Way Shape Memory Polymers for Soft Robotics: An Overview by Giulia Scalet
2	A Novel Solution for the Elimination of Mode Switching in Pump-Controlled Single-Rod Cylinders by Petter H. Gøytil, Damiano Padovani and Michael R. Hansen
2	Analysis of Current Ripples in Electromagnetic Actuators with Application to Inductance Estimation Techniques for Sensorless Monitoring by Niklas König, Matthias Nienhaus and Emanuele Grasso
2	Pneumatic Hyperelastic Actuators for Grasping Curved Organic Objects by Alexandre Galley, George K. Knopf and Mohamed Kashkoush
2	A Concentric Design of a Bypass Magnetorheological Fluid Damper with a Serpentine Flux Valve by Muhammad Hafiz Idris, Fitrian Imaduddin, Ubaidillah, Saiful Amri Mazlan and Seung-Bok Choi
2	A Focus on Soft Actuation by Aslan Miriyev

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12	Plasma Synthetic Jet Actuators for Active Flow Control by Haohua Zong, Matteo Chiatto, Marios Kotsonis and Luigi De Luca
12	Review of Modeling and Control of Magnetostrictive Actuators by Valerio Apicella, Carmine Stefano Clemente, Daniele Davino, Damiano Leone and Ciro Visone
6	On-Board Pneumatic Pressure Generation Methods for Soft Robotics Applications by Momme Adami and Arthur Seibel
6	Mechanical Response of Four-Bar Linkage Microgrippers with Bidirectional Electrostatic Actuation by Fabio Botta, Matteo Verotti, Alvise Bagolini, Pierluigi Bellutti and Nicola Pio Belfiore
6	Shape Memory Activated Self-Deployable Solar Sails: Small-Scale Prototypes Manufacturing and Planarity Analysis by 3D Laser Scanner by Alberto Boschetto, Luana Bottini, Girolamo Costanza and Maria Elisa Tata
6	Conductive Fabric Heaters for Heat-Activated Soft Actuators by Mark Cartolano, Boxi Xia, Aslan Miriyev and Hod Lipson
6	A Soft Master-Slave Robot Mimicking Octopus Arm Structure Using Thin Artificial Muscles and Wire Encoders by Shota Furukawa, Shuichi Wakimoto, Takefumi Kanda and Hiroki Hagihara
5	Soft Robotics: A Review of Recent Developments of Pneumatic Soft Actuators by James Walker, Thomas Zidek, Cory Harbel, Sanghyun Yoon, F. Sterling Strickland, Srinivas Kumar and Minchul Shin
5	An Active Vehicle Suspension Control Approach with Electromagnetic and Hydraulic Actuators by Francisco Beltran-Carbajal, Antonio Valderrabano-Gonzalez, Antonio Favela-Contreras, Jose Luis Hernandez-Avila, Irvin Lopez-Garcia and Ruben Tapia-Olvera
5	Electromechanical Actuation for Morphing Winglets by Ignazio Dimino, Federico Gallorini, Massimiliano Palmieri and Giulio Pispola

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35	An Overview of Novel Actuators for Soft Robotics by Pinar Boyraz, Gundula Runge and Annika Raatz
22	Innovative Silicon Microgrippers for Biomedical Applications: Design, Mechanical Simulation and Evaluation of Protein Fouling by Cristina Potrich, Lorenzo Lunelli, Alvise Bagolini, Pierluigi Bellutti, Cecilia Pederzolli, Matteo Verotti and Nicola Pio Belfiore
20	Survey on Recent Designs of Compliant Micro-/Nano-Positioning Stages by Zeyi Wu and Qingsong Xu
18	A Review on Parametric Dynamic Models of Magnetorheological Dampers and Their Characterization Methods by Andrea Rossi, Francesco Orsini, Andrea Scorza, Fabio Botta, Nicola Pio Belfiore and Salvatore Andrea Sciuto
14	Efficient Structure-Based Models for the McKibben Contraction Pneumatic Muscle Actuator: The Full Description of the Behaviour of the Contraction PMA by Alaa Al-Ibadi, Samia Nefti-Meziani and Steve Davis
14	Sleeved Bending Actuators for Soft Grippers: A Durable Solution for High Force-to-Weight Applications by Geneviève Miron, Benjamin Bédard and Jean-Sébastien Plante
13	Modeling the Static Force of a Festo Pneumatic Muscle Actuator: A New Approach and a Comparison to Existing Models by Mirco Martens and Ivo Boblan
12	Plasma Synthetic Jet Actuators for Active Flow Control by Haohua Zong, Matteo Chiatto, Marios Kotsonis and Luigi De Luca
12	Review of Modeling and Control of Magnetostrictive Actuators by Valerio Apicella, Carmine Stefano Clemente, Daniele Davino, Damiano Leone and Ciro Visone
11	Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Carbon Nanotube Electrodes Painted with a Soft Brush by Hiroki Shigemune, Shigeki Sugano, Jun Nishitani, Masayuki Yamauchi, Naoki Hosoya, Shuji Hashimoto and Shingo Maeda

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11056	Recent Progress on PZT Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Technologies by Min-Gyu Kang, Woo-Suk Jung, Chong-Yun Kang and Seok-Jin Yoon
10003	Status and Perspectives of Multiferroic Magnetoelectric Composite Materials and Applications by Haribabu Palneedi, Venkateswarlu Annapureddy, Shashank Priya and Jungho Ryu
8806	Novel Additive Manufacturing Pneumatic Actuators and Mechanisms for Food Handling Grippers by Carlos Blanes, Martín Mellado and Pablo Beltran
8390	The UC Softhand: Light Weight Adaptive Bionic Hand with a Compact Twisted String Actuation System by Mahmoud Tavakoli, Rafael Batista and Lucio Sgrigna
8106	Structural-Parametric Model of Electromagnetoelastic Actuator for Nanomechanics by S. M. Afonin
7484	Self-Sensing Ionic Polymer Actuators: A Review by Karl Kruusamäe, Andres Punning, Alvo Aabloo and Kinji Asaka
7372	Generalization of Series Elastic Actuator Configurations and Dynamic Behavior Comparison by Chan Lee, Suhui Kwak, Jihoo Kwak and Sehoon Oh
7151	Control of a Heavy-Lift Robotic Manipulator with Pneumatic Artificial Muscles by Ryan M. Robinson, Curt S. Kothera and Norman M. Wereley
7122	Bioinspired Soft Actuation System Using Shape Memory Alloys by Matteo Cianchetti, Alessia Licofonte, Maurizio Follador, Francesco Rogai and Cecilia Laschi
6855	A Two-Degree of Freedom Variable Stiffness Actuator Based on the MACCEPA Concept by Maarten Weckx, Glenn Mathijssen, Idris Si Mhand Benali, Raphaël Furnemont, Ronald Van Ham, Dirk Lefeber and Bram Vanderborght

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2341	Self-Healing and High Interfacial Strength in Multi-Material Soft Pneumatic Robots via Reversible Diels–Alder Bonds by Seppe Terryn, Ellen Roels, Joost Brancart, Guy Van Assche and Bram Vanderborght
2038	A Modeling of Twisted and Coiled Polymer Artificial Muscles Based on Elastic Rod Theory by Chunbing Wu and Wen Zheng
1938	Multi-Physical Design and Resonant Controller Based Trajectory Tracking of the Electromagnetically Driven Fast Tool Servo by Imran Hussain, Wei Xia, Dongpo Zhao, Peng Huang and Zhiwei Zhu
1879	A Crawling Soft Robot Driven by Pneumatic Foldable Actuators Based on Miura-Ori by Meng Yu, Weimin Yang, Yuan Yu, Xiang Cheng and Zhiwei Jiao
1813	Development of Point-to-Point Path Control in Actuator Space for Hydraulic Knuckle Boom Crane by Konrad Johan Jensen, Morten Kjeld Ebbesen and Michael Rygaard Hansen
1776	Design and Development of a Planetary Gearbox for Electromechanical Actuator Test Bench through Additive Manufacturing by Pier Carlo Berri, Matteo D. L. Dalla Vedova, Paolo Maggiore and Guido Riva
1770	Development of Haptic Stylus for Manipulating Virtual Objects in Mobile Devices by Dong-Soo Choi, In-Ho Yun, Tae-Hoon Kim, SangKyu Byeon and Sang-Youn Kim
1715	Multi-Fidelity Design Optimisation of a Solenoid-Driven Linear Compressor by Jarl Beckers, Diederik Coppitters, Ward De Paepe, Francesco Contino, Joeri Van Mierlo and Björn Verrelst
1694	A Novel Two Stage Controller for a DC-DC Boost Converter to Harvest Maximum Energy from the PV Power Generation by Asma Charaabi, Oscar Barambones, Abdelaziz Zaidi and Nadia Zanzouri
1625	The Design, Kinematics and Torque Analysis of the Self-Bending Soft Contraction Actuator by Alaa Al-Ibadi, Samia Nefti-Meziani and Steve Davis

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3514	Soft Robotics: A Review of Recent Developments of Pneumatic Soft Actuators by James Walker, Thomas Zidek, Cory Harbel, Sanghyun Yoon, F. Sterling Strickland, Srinivas Kumar and Minchul Shin
3394	High-Bandwidth Active Impedance Control of the Proprioceptive Actuator Design in Dynamic Compliant Robotics by Simon Hjorth Jessing Lund, Peter Billeschou and Leon Bonde Larsen
3344	A Focus on Soft Actuation by Aslan Miriyev
3118	A Miniature 3D Printed On-Off Linear Pneumatic Actuator and Its Demonstration into a Cartoon Character of a Hopping Lamp by Christian L. Nall and Pranav A. Bhounsule
2975	A Comparison Study of a Novel Self-Contained Electro-Hydraulic Cylinder versus a Conventional Valve-Controlled Actuator—Part 1: Motion Control by Daniel Hagen, Damiano Padovani and Martin Choux
2953	Two-Way and Multiple-Way Shape Memory Polymers for Soft Robotics: An Overview by Giulia Scalet
2829	Pneumatic Hyperelastic Actuators for Grasping Curved Organic Objects by Alexandre Galley, George K. Knopf and Mohamed Kashkoush
2828	A Comparison Study of a Novel Self-Contained Electro-Hydraulic Cylinder versus a Conventional Valve-Controlled Actuator—Part 2: Energy Efficiency by Daniel Hagen, Damiano Padovani and Martin Choux
2810	Thermal Balance and Active Damping of a Piezoelectric Deformable Mirror for Adaptive Optics by Kainan Wang, David Alaluf and André Preumont
2663	Characteristics and Analysis of an Eddy Current Shock Absorber Damper Using Finite Element Analysis by Tamer M. Abdo, Ahmed A. Huzayyin, Ahmed A. Abdallah and Amr A. Adly

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5626	Structural-Parametric Model and Diagram of a Multilayer Electromagnetoelastic Actuator for Nanomechanics by Sergey M. Afonin
5132	Conductive Fabric Heaters for Heat-Activated Soft Actuators by Mark Cartolano, Boxi Xia, Aslan Miriyev and Hod Lipson
4671	Preparing and Mounting Polymer Nanofibers onto Microscale Test Platforms by Ramesh Shrestha, Sheng Shen and Maarten P. de Boer
4655	An Active Vehicle Suspension Control Approach with Electromagnetic and Hydraulic Actuators by Francisco Beltran-Carbajal, Antonio Valderrabano-Gonzalez, Antonio Favela-Contreras, Jose Luis Hernandez-Avila, Irvin Lopez-Garcia and Ruben Tapia-Olvera
4600	Modified U-shaped Microactuator with Compliant Mechanism Applied to a Microgripper by Pedro Vargas-Chable, Margarita Tecpoyotl-Torres, Ramon Cabello-Ruiz, Jose Alfredo Rodriguez-Ramirez and Rafael Vargas-Bernal
4590	Optimal Magnetic Spring for Compliant Actuation—Validated Torque Density Benchmark by Branimir Mrak, Bert Lenaerts, Walter Driesen and Wim Desmet
4502	A Review on the Control of the Mechanical Properties of Ankle Foot Orthosis for Gait Assistance by Dimas Adiputra, Nurhazimah Nazmi, Irfan Bahiuddin, Ubaidillah Ubaidillah, Fitrian Imaduddin, Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman, Saiful Amri Mazlan and Hairi Zamzuri
4475	Soft Driving Epicyclical Mechanism for Robotic Finger by Jose Ramirez, Astrid Rubiano and Paola Castiblanco
4151	Condition Monitoring with Prediction Based on Diesel Engine Oil Analysis: A Case Study for Urban Buses by Hugo Raposo, José Torres Farinha, Inácio Fonseca and L. Andrade Ferreira
4087	Analysis of a Shaftless Semi-Hard Magnetic Material Flywheel on Radial Hysteresis Self-Bearing Drives by Salvatore Circosta, Angelo Bonfitto, Christopher Lusty, Patrick Keogh, Nicola Amati and Andrea Tonoli

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8106	Structural-Parametric Model of Electromagnetoelastic Actuator for Nanomechanics by S. M. Afonin
5626	Structural-Parametric Model and Diagram of a Multilayer Electromagnetoelastic Actuator for Nanomechanics by Sergey M. Afonin
5625	An Overview of Novel Actuators for Soft Robotics by Pinar Boyraz, Gundula Runge and Annika Raatz
5601	Efficient Structure-Based Models for the McKibben Contraction Pneumatic Muscle Actuator: The Full Description of the Behaviour of the Contraction PMA by Alaa Al-Ibadi, Samia Nefti-Meziani and Steve Davis
5263	Levitating Micro-Actuators: A Review by Kirill V. Poletkin, Asa Asadollahbaik, Ronald Kampmann and Jan G. Korvink
5210	Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Carbon Nanotube Electrodes Painted with a Soft Brush by Hiroki Shigemune, Shigeki Sugano, Jun Nishitani, Masayuki Yamauchi, Naoki Hosoya, Shuji Hashimoto and Shingo Maeda
5132	Conductive Fabric Heaters for Heat-Activated Soft Actuators by Mark Cartolano, Boxi Xia, Aslan Miriyev and Hod Lipson
4671	Preparing and Mounting Polymer Nanofibers onto Microscale Test Platforms by Ramesh Shrestha, Sheng Shen and Maarten P. de Boer
4655	An Active Vehicle Suspension Control Approach with Electromagnetic and Hydraulic Actuators by Francisco Beltran-Carbajal, Antonio Valderrabano-Gonzalez, Antonio Favela-Contreras, Jose Luis Hernandez-Avila, Irvin Lopez-Garcia and Ruben Tapia-Olvera
4600	Modified U-shaped Microactuator with Compliant Mechanism Applied to a Microgripper by Pedro Vargas-Chable, Margarita Tecpoyotl-Torres, Ramon Cabello-Ruiz, Jose Alfredo Rodriguez-Ramirez and Rafael Vargas-Bernal

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