Simulation of laminar bimorph piezoelectric microactuators with application in miniaturized robots

 

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Auteurs: Alfaro-Barrantes, Juan, Vega-Castillo, Paola, Vílchez-Monge, Marta, Rodríguez-Montero, Marco
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2012
Description:In order to implement miniaturized robots different possibilities for electromechanical actuation at the microscale must be evaluated according to their function on the robot, as well as, size, mechanical strength and deformation, resolution, power supply, energy and degrees of freedom required. The piezoelectric actuators are among the most suitable possibilities to incorporate microactuators in miniaturized robots.This article presents an overview of piezoelectric actuation and the evaluation of a simple x-y micropositioning actuator for a miniaturized robot using COMSOL Multiphysics.
Pays:RepositorioTEC
Institution:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:RepositorioTEC
Langue:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositoriotec.tec.ac.cr:2238/4188
Accès en ligne:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/484
https://hdl.handle.net/2238/4188
Access Level:acceso abierto
Mots-clés:Microelectromechanical microactuator; laminar bimorph actuator; Finite Element Method; simulation; miniaturized robot; systems; MEMS.