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Actuator Design

Actuator Design is an engineering discipline that focuses on the systematic specification, synthesis, and optimization of actuator structures, materials, and transduction mechanisms to generate required motions or forces within given performance, environmental, and integration constraints of a host system.

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Carbon Nanotube Actuators

Ray H. Baughman, Changxing Cui, Anvar Zakhidov et al. · Science · 1999 · 2.5K citations

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Series elastic actuators

Gill A. Pratt, Matthew M. Williamson · 2002 · 2.2K citations

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Measurement and modeling of McKibben pneumatic artificial muscles

Ching-Ping Chou, Blake Hannaford · IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation · 1996 · 1.6K citations

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Pneumatic Networks for Soft Robotics that Actuate Rapidly

Bobak Mosadegh, Panagiotis Polygerinos, Christoph Keplinger et al. · Advanced Functional Materials · 2014 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators for Flow Control

Thomas Corke, C. L. Enloe, Stephen Wilkinson · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2009 · 1.3K citations

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Authors

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  1. DG
    Darwin G. Caldwell

    Italian Institute of Technology, Italy

    77 publications · 6.9K citations

    45

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  2. NG
    Nikos G. Tsagarakis

    Italian Institute of Technology, Italy

    52 publications · 5.1K citations

    35

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  3. RJ
    Robert J. Wood

    Harvard University, United States

    41 publications · 5.4K citations

    32

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  4. YL
    Yingxiang Liu

    Harbin Institute of Technology, China

    52 publications · 2.3K citations

    31

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  5. JD
    Jie Deng

    Harbin Institute of Technology, China

    35 publications · 1.7K citations

    27

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Institutions

2.8K

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    58 h-index

    379 publications

    37.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    48 h-index

    245 publications

    54.7K citations

  3. Harbin Institute of Technology

    Harbin, China

    47 h-index

    694 publications

    27.8K citations

  4. Italian Institute of Technology

    Genoa, Italy

    42 h-index

    358 publications

    37.4K citations

  5. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    40 h-index

    270 publications

    12.6K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    39 h-index

    193 publications

    19.1K citations

  7. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    38 h-index

    164 publications

    11.1K citations

  8. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    37 h-index

    210 publications

    15.7K citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

    265 publications · 17.4K citations

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  2. Smart Materials and Structures

    SMS · 402 publications · 17.6K citations

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  3. Sensors and Actuators A Physical

    313 publications · 14.7K citations

    61

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  4. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

    104 publications · 6.5K citations

    51

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  5. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

    JIMSS · 217 publications · 8K citations

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