Piezoelectric Micromotors for Microrobots

dc.creator	Flynn, Anita M.
dc.creator	Tavrow, Lee S.
dc.creator	Bart, Stephen F.
dc.creator	Brooks, Rodney A.
dc.date	2004-10-04T14:25:31Z
dc.date	2004-10-04T14:25:31Z
dc.date	1991-02-01
dc.date.accessioned	2013-10-09T02:42:12Z
dc.date.available	2013-10-09T02:42:12Z
dc.date.issued	2013-10-09
dc.identifier	AIM-1269
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5989
dc.identifier.uri	http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1721
dc.description	By combining new robot control systems with piezoelectric motors and micromechanics, we propose creating micromechanical systems which are small, cheap and completely autonomous. We have fabricated small - a few millimeters in diameter - piezoelectric motors using ferroelectric thin films and consisting of two pieces: a stator and a rotor. The stationary stator includes a piezoelectric film in which we induce bending in the form of a traveling wave. Anything which sits atop the stator is propelled by the wave. A small glass lens placed upon the stator becomes the spinning rotor. Using thin films of PZT on silicon nitride memebranes, various types of actuator structures have been fabricated.
dc.format	20 p.
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dc.format	application/postscript
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en_US
dc.relation	AIM-1269
dc.subject	micromotors
dc.subject	microrobots
dc.subject	piezoelectric
dc.subject	traveling wavesmotors
dc.subject	ultrasonic motors
dc.subject	gnat robots
dc.title	Piezoelectric Micromotors for Microrobots

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