In this paper, a general skeleton on modeling, controller design, and applications of the
piezoelectric positioning stages is presented. Toward this framework, a general model is first …

This paper presents a modified Prandtl-Ishlinskii (PI) (MPI) model for the asymmetric hysteresis
description and compensation of piezoelectric actuators. Considering the fact that the …

Piezo-actuated stages have become more and more promising in nanopositioning applications
due to the excellent advantages of the fast response time, large mechanical force, and …

Conventional industrial robots with the rigid actuation technology have made great progress
for humans in the fields of automation assembly and manufacturing. With an increasing …

This paper presents a novel real-time inverse hysteresis compensation method for piezoelectric
actuators exhibiting asymmetric hysteresis effect. The proposed method directly utilizes …

In this paper, we propose a new modeling and identification approach for piezoelectric-actuated
stages cascading hysteresis nonlinearity with linear dynamics, which is described as a …

Soft dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) exhibit interesting muscle-like behavior for the
development of soft robots. However, it is challenging to model these soft actuators due to their …

In this paper, a flight controller with disturbance observer (DOB) is proposed for high-performance
trajectory tracking of a quadrotor. The dynamic model of the quadrotor, considering the …

This paper presents a novel decoupled two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) translational parallel
micro-positioning stage. The stage consists of a monolithic compliant mechanism driven …

In this paper, a modified repetitive control (MRC) based approach is developed for high-speed
tracking of nanopositioning stages. First, the hysteresis nonlinearity is decomposed as a …