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Humanoid robot
... Microphones are usually used for that task. Actuators Actuator is the name given to each ... they mimic human body, so they have actuators that perform like muscles and joints, although ... To achieve the same effect as human actuators humanoids use mainly rotary actuators. They can be either electric, pneumatic, hydraulic, piezoelectric or ultrasonic actuators. Hydraulic and electric actuators have a ...
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Aircraft flight control systems
... circuit has hydraulic pumps, pipes, valves and actuators. The actuators are powered by the hydraulic pressure generated ... the pumps in the hydraulic circuit. The actuators convert hydraulic pressure into control surface movements ... servo valves control the movement of the actuators. The pilot's movement of a control ... hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic circuit powers the actuators which then move the control surfaces. ...
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Actuator
... is called an actuator. Some examples of actuators of these various agents include: Human - Arms ... parts. Examples include solenoids and voice coil actuators. Mail transfer agent - Update software In engineering, actuators are a subdivision of transducers. They are ... electrical signal) into motion. Electrical motors, pneumatic actuators, hydraulic pistons, relays, comb drive, piezoelectric actuators, thermal bimorphs, Digital Micromirror Devices and ...
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Active structure
... are the sensors, the processor and the actuators. In the case of a human body ... therefore instructs the muscles, which act as actuators to respond. In heavy engineering, there is ... of metres in dimensions. Design Man-made actuators existing in the market, even the most ... contracting along, or rotating about 1 axis. Actuators capable of movement in both forward and ... reverse directions are known as two-way actuators, as oppose to one-way actuators ...
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Control engineering   (translated from German)
... machine cooperating of machine conditions in the actuators sits down to the changes in status ... requested by pedestrians bedarfsweise with the control. Actuators and sensors The links between control technical ... and process-technical mechanisms are Sensors and Actuators (also actuators called). Sensors convert process conditions into information ... sources of information. On the other hand actuators are information lowering. They convert information- ...
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Engineering of control and automation   (translated from Portuguese)
... using itself for this: Sensing elements Elements Actuators Systems of Control Systems of Supervision and ... this can take the measures necessary. Elements actuators Elements actuators are those that produce movimento , taking care ... automatic. As example, it can be cited actuators of induced movement for pneumatic cylinders (pneumatic ... concentrate the Sensing elements and the Elements Actuators. They make the reading of the ...
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Talk:Membrane mirror
Talk:Membrane mirror Adaptive Optics Conducting Pad Actuators in Membrane Mirrors A membrane mirror assembly ... membrane deflected by a region of electrostatic actuators, consisting of conducting pads. The procedure for ... Richard G. Design and fabrication of electrostatic actuators with corrugated membranes for MEMS deformable mirror ... Deformable mirror with combined piezoelectric and electrostatic actuators 19 2004SPIE.5348..108K 0.288 01 ... Donald J.; Meissner, Ken E. Novel photomechanical actuators 61 2002PhDT.........6H 0.253 03/ ...
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Actuator   (translated from German)
Actuator Actuators, often also Actuators called, designate in the tax and control ... valve opens or closes. Occurrence One finds actuators in practice u. A. in the form ... cylinders , Piezoaktoren (Translators), Ultrasonic engines, electro-chemical actuators. In that Linear technology find electromechanical Stroke ... Controlled systems replace with only one element. Actuators on basis of Form memory alloys ...
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Micromachinery
... other words, they are either sensors or actuators. Sensors convert information from the environment into ... mechanical object, which is detected with circuitry. Actuators convert electrical signals and energy into motion ... kind. The three most common types of actuators are electrostatic, thermal, and magnetic. Electrostatic actuators use the force of electrostatic energy to ... the farther the rotor will move. Thermal actuators use the force of thermal expansion ...
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