Lectures related to Transduction: Actuation

Robotics Actuators

Explores hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical actuators used in robotics, including stepper motors and specific energy comparisons.

Distance Sensors: Implementation

Explains the implementation of a distance sensor using microcontrollers and discusses indirect measurement techniques.

Electrical Engineering: Microtechnology and Actuators MOOC: Electrical engineering I

Explores the history and applications of electrical engineering in microtechnology and special actuators.

Advances in MEMS Technology

Explores the evolution and applications of MEMS technology, emphasizing real-world case studies and future prospects in nanotechnology.

Electrostatic Transduction: Capacitors and Transducers

Covers the physical phenomena of electrostatic transduction, including charge accumulation, capacitance, and electrostatic force, with practical examples of sensors and actuators.

Nanoscale MEMS or NEMS

Covers the transition to nanoscale devices, nanoscale imaging, capillary forces, AFM of graphene, and integrated sensors & actuators.

Soft Actuators: Electrostatic Zipping and HAXELS

Explores soft electrically-driven actuators for robotics and haptics, focusing on electrostatic actuation principles and the development of soft actuators using various materials.

Active Materials Dynamics: A Mathematical Framework

Delves into the theory of material activation, proposing a unified mathematical framework to model how multiple stimuli can produce changes at the macroscopic level.

Layered control: Motor control in vertebrates to robots

Covers layered control architectures from vertebrates to robots, including deliberative control and its drawbacks.

Transduction of the Motion Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores transduction in N/MEMS, covering force-based and deformation-based methods.

Electrostatic Devices: Modeling & Simulation Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers modeling and simulation of electrostatic devices in micro and nanosystems.

Electrostatic MEMS: Scaling Laws & Simulations Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores scaling laws, simulations, and challenges in electrostatic MEMS, focusing on energy density, capacitance, actuators, and practical applications in haptic gloves.

Transduction: Detection Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores various methods of transduction for detecting motion and deformation in microscale applications.

Actuators and Optical MEMS: Consumer Electronics and Mobile Applications Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores Optical MEMS basics and actuation mechanisms for consumer electronics and mobile applications.

Mechanisms of Actuators and Artificial Muscles Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the mechanisms of actuators, artificial muscles, and electroactive materials, focusing on dielectric elastomers and high-speed actuators.

Antenna Deployment Mechanism: Design and Components Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the design and components of an antenna deployment mechanism, covering critical requirements, main functions, actuator types, and power budget considerations.

Transduction of Motion: Optical Lever and Interferometer Detection Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores optical lever and interferometer detection methods for motion transduction in microscale devices.

Electrostatics in MEMS: Scaling Laws & Applications Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores scaling laws and applications of electrostatics in MEMS, covering topics like parallel plate capacitors, zipping actuators, and MEMS gyroscopes.

Actuators and Optical MEMS Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores actuators, optical MEMS, micromirrors, and advanced MEMS systems for mobile and consumer electronics.

Finite Element Simulation of Electro-Magnetic Micro-Actuator Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores finite element simulation of electro-magnetic micro-actuators and scaling laws in micro and nanosystems.