Table 1: Robot research works using piezoelectric actuators.
Type | Author | Piezoelectric actuator | Year | Reference |
Robot arm and finger | Tzou | PVDF | 1989 | [3] |
Varadan et al. | Piezo-Ceramic Patch | 1992 | [4] |
Fatikow et al. | Piezo-Stack | 1997 | [5] |
Ueha et al. | Piezo-Stack and Piezo-Ceramic Ring | 2011 | [6] |
Inchworm robot | Holinger and Briscoe | Piezo-Ceramic Patch | 2005 | [7] |
Yan et al. | Piezo-Stack | 2006 | [8] |
Legged robot | Lee et al. | LIPCA | 2006 | [9] |
Lee et al. | LIPCA | 2009 | [10] |
Song and Sitti | Piezo-Ceramic Patch | 2007 | [11] |
Underwater robot | Goo et al. | LIPCA | 2007 | [12] |
Goo et al. | LIPCA | 2008 | [13] |
Ming et al. | MFC | 2011 | [14] |
Ming et al. | MFC | 2014 | [15] |
Flapping robot | Ming et al. | MFC | 2009 | [16] |
Ming et al. | MFC | 2010 | [17] |
Ming et al. | MFC | 2012 | [18] |
Wood et al. | Piezo-Ceramic Patch | 2011 | [19] |