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=**Piezoelectric actuation for mobile miniature robots **=

**ABSTRACT:** Piezoelectric miniature robots are mobiles robots with a size of a few cm3 actuated by piezoelectric materials. Locomotion principles on a solid substrate for mobile miniature robots includes wheeled, walking, inchworm, inertial drive, resonant drive and friction drive. In liquid, it is divided into locomotion within the liquid or at the surface and they usually mimics animal behaviour. On air, the flapping wing is the most efficient way for propulsion. media type="custom" key="27636520"


 * __Animated Video for the slideshare powerpoint presentation__**

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One piezoelectric patch produces the mechanical displacement of the beam by applying an electrical voltage, while the other converts this mechanical displacement into electrical energy which is then dissipated through a passive RL electrical network to avoid wave reflection. By switching the role of both piezoelectric patches, the motion direction is reversed.
 * The below video is an example on how we can move a beam structure** **by generating a traveling wave on it** **using piezoelectric materials.**
 * The video explains the One Mode Excitation (1ME) method.**

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