Robust Adaptive Control of Conjugated Polymer Actuators

4 Robust Adaptive Control of Conjugated Polymer Actuators 

It is critical to precisely control the force and/or displacement output of conjugated polymer actuators in many of their intended applications such as manipulation of single cells and micro-surgical operations. However, the sophisticated electro-chemo-mechanical dynamics presents a challenge to the control design. In addition, the actuation behaviors of conjugated polymer actuators is strongly dependent on the fabrication process and 

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Fang, Y., Tan, X. and Alici, G. (2008c). Robust adaptive control of conjugated polymer actuators, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 16, 4, pp. 600-612. 

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