Development of a bipedal piezoelectric actuator with flexible mechanism based on the frog-leg inspiration
Tinghai Cheng,
Yushan Sun,
Peng Ning
et al.
Abstract:A new piezoelectric actuator with flexible mechanism using stick-slip principle based on the frog-leg inspiration is developed in this work. It utilizes bipedal design, and the slider can be driven by only one foot or two feet alternately, which depends on the exciting situation of the used two PZT stacks. The extension of the PZT stack can be transmitted into the vertical and horizontal deformations on two driving feet due to the frog-leg inspiration. They are used to press and actuate the slider. The configu… Show more
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