Abstract
There is a high demand for functional smart materials, especially for new material groups in advanced Technologies. These materials are used in the actuator, sensor, control systems, and robotic systems, in addition, they can be hybridized with traditional material to create a particular function. Piezoelectric materials and shape memory alloys are the most important families among these groups. This review includes an overview of shape memory alloys (SMAs) and piezoelectric material actuator systems in terms of robotic applications. The theoretical background of each SMAs and piezoelectric materials is well explained. Different types of each system are interpreted. Using actuator-based SMAs and piezoelectricity in the robotic area is extensively overviewed. Some weaknesses and challenges facing such systems have discussed through recent studies in the literature.
Highlights
Nowadays, technology has a major and powerful role in human life, and it is very important to develop civilization (Arber, 2009; Carneiro, 1974), society (Drucker, 2012), and education (Chance, Ben-Zvi, Garfield, & Medina, 2007)
shape memory alloys (SMAs) are recovered to their original shape after deformation, this feature is so called shape memory effect (Buytoz, Dagdelen, Qader, Kok, & Tanyildizi, 2019; Dagdelen, Aldalawi, Kok, & Qader, 2019; Dagdelen, Kok, & Qader, 2019; Kök et al, 2020; Kök, Zardawi, Qader, & Kanca, 2019; Qader, Kök, & Dağdelen, 2019), because of this property SMA-based actuators are applied in a locomotion robot, manipulator and microrobot
Piezoelectric materials can be handled as an actuator in robotic systems (Culp, 1992; Dadfarnia, Jalili, Xian, & Dawson, 2003; Hunter, Hollerbach, & Ballantyne, 1991; Tzou, Lee, & Arnold, 2004)
Summary
Technology has a major and powerful role in human life, and it is very important to develop civilization (Arber, 2009; Carneiro, 1974), society (Drucker, 2012), and education (Chance, Ben-Zvi, Garfield, & Medina, 2007). One of the advanced fields of technology is robotic. Since shape memory alloys and piezoelectric materials have interesting behaviors, so they role as sensors and actuators in robotic systems Piezoelectric materials capable to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and by applying an external force they can make a voltage. These abilities are known as the piezoelectric effect (Jaffe, 2012; Kolesar, 1998). Piezoelectric materials can be handled as an actuator in robotic systems (Culp, 1992; Dadfarnia, Jalili, Xian, & Dawson, 2003; Hunter, Hollerbach, & Ballantyne, 1991; Tzou, Lee, & Arnold, 2004). It is aimed to focus on some background about robotic actuator systems, and it has demonstrated some brief information about SMAs, and piezoelectric materials, and their applications in the robotic systems as an actuator
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