Optimization of low profile Electro Magnetic (EM) actuators for FOLDAWAY got published on Sensors & Actuators

Designing and controlling low profile EM actuators is a challenging task and for an efficient operation, multiple aspects need to be taken into consideration.

You can find the full text paper at the following link:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092442471730331X?via%3Dihub

Within this paper we deal with the design and control of flat EM actuators by considering thermal, fabrication and control limitations; we propose a sensing and control method for the actuator and we evaluate its power consumption for specific tasks.

Salerno, M., F. Zuliani,A. Firouzeh, and J. Paik. "Design and control of a low profileelectromagnetic actuator for foldable pop-up mechanisms." Sensorsand Actuators A: Physical (2017).