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Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs

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Editors:
  1. Toshiro Higuchi

    1. Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Koichi Suzumori

    1. Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

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  3. Satoshi Tadokoro

    1. Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

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  • Presents the latest R D in the MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, No. 438, Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs (2004-2009, PI: Toshiro Higuchi, University of Tokyo)

  • Maintains a broad technological perspective

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Review

    1. Next-Generation Actuators

      • Toshiro Higuchi
      Pages 1-5

  3. High Precision/Nano Actuators

    1. Surface Acoustic Wave Motor Modeling and Motion Control

      • Minoru Kuribayashi Kurosawa
      Pages 7-18

    2. AZARASHI (Seal) Mechanism for Meso/Micro/Nano Manipulators

      • Katsushi Furutani
      Pages 19-30

    3. Disturbance Observer Design Based on Frequency Domain

      • Masatake Shiraishi, Akihiro Ito
      Pages 31-43

    4. Development of High-Speed Actuator for Scanning Probe Microscopy

      • Yasuhiro Sugawara, Yan Jun Li, Yoshitaka Naitoh, Masami Kageshima
      Pages 45-54

    5. PZT Driven Micro XY Stage

      • Takahito Ono, Mohd Faizul Mohd Sabri, Masayoshi Esashi
      Pages 55-66

    6. Precise Position Stages Using Pneumatically Driven Bellows Actuator and Cylinder Equipped with Air Bearings

      • Kenji Kawashima, Toshinori Fujita
      Pages 67-78

  4. Micro Actuators

    1. Development of a New Nano-Micro Solid Processing Technology Based on a LIGA Process and Next-Generation Microactuators

      • Daiji Noda, Tadashi Hattori
      Pages 79-90

    2. New Microactuators Using Functional Fluids

      • Shinichi Yokota, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Kenjiro Takemura, Joon-wan Kim
      Pages 91-103

    3. Two-Axial Piezoelectric Actuator and Its Motion Control Toward Development of a Tactile Display

      • Masahiro Ohka
      Pages 105-116

    4. High-Performance Electrostatic Micromirrors

      • Minoru Sasaki
      Pages 117-128

    5. Non-Contact On-Chip Manipulation of 3-D Microtools and Its Applications

      • Fumihito Arai, Yoko Yamanishi
      Pages 129-140

    6. Shape Memory Piezoelectric Actuator and Various Memories in Ferroelectric Materials

      • Takeshi Morita, Y. Kadota, T. Ohashi, T. Ozaki
      Pages 141-152

    7. Design and Fabrication of Micro Pump for Functional Fluid Power Actuation System

      • Yutaka Tanaka, Shinichi Yokota
      Pages 153-164

  5. Intelligent Actuators

    1. Intelligent Actuators for Mechatronics with Multi-Degrees of Freedom

      • Koichi Suzumori, Shuichi Wakimoto
      Pages 165-176

    2. Actuation of Long Flexible Cables Using Ciliary Vibration Drive

      • Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro
      Pages 177-188

    3. Micro Cilium Actuators in Group

      • Nobuyuki Iwatsuki, Koichi Morikawa
      Pages 189-202

    4. Novel Thin-Type High-Speed Ultrasonic Motors and Gyro-Moment Motors

      • Manabu Aoyagi, Takehiro Takano, Hideki Tamura, Yoshiro Tomikawa
      Pages 203-218

    5. Biochemical Pump with Enzymatic Reaction

      • Yoshihiko Wakabayashi, Toshiaki Okamoto, Hirokazu Saito, Hiroyuki Kudo, Kohji Mitsubayashi
      Pages 219-225
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About this book

Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs is the proceedings of the final symposium of MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas: Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs, held in January 2010.

Since the realization of next-generation actuators requires an interdisciplinary approach, the research has been organized according to a broad technological perspective that consists of: actuators for small motion of nano-meters, small-size actuators of micro-meters structures, intelligent actuators for functional motions, power actuators for large force/torque and actuators for special environments.

Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs also deals with common fundamental technologies for these actuators, such as intelligent materials, machining processes, control technologies, evaluation methods, and system integration. It provides cutting-edge research for researchers, postgraduates, and practitioners in mechanical, electrical, and materials industries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshiro Higuchi

  • Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

    Koichi Suzumori

  • Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Satoshi Tadokoro

About the editors

Toshiro Higuchi is a professor at the Department of Precision Machinery Engineering at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include mechatronics; magnetic bearings; electrostatic actuators; MEMS; robotics; and manufacturing.

Koichi Suzumori has been a professor at Okayama University, Japan, since 2001. He received his doctoral degree from Yokohama National University, and worked for Toshiba R&D Center and Micromachine Centre, Tokyo, before taking up his current position.

Satoshi Tadokoro currently works for the Graduate School of Information Sciences at Tohoku University, Japan. His areas of research include intelligent mechanics/mechanical systems; perception information processing/intelligent robotics and; design engineering and machine functional elements/tribology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs

  • Editors: Toshiro Higuchi, Koichi Suzumori, Satoshi Tadokoro

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-991-6

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84882-990-9Published: 17 December 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5970-4Published: 13 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-991-6Published: 04 December 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 438

  • Topics: Control, Robotics, Mechatronics

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