MAS.865 > Motion

Motors and Actuators

Basic Mechanisms

Ashby's paper characetrizing basic building blocks for actuation.

An update - see Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys

We develop an Ashby Chart for Actuators.

By Type

Rotary Actuators

• Brushless Motors
• Stepper Motors
• Variable Reluctance
• Servo
• Electropermanent
• Turbines

Linear Actuators

• Linear Motor
• Sawyer Motors
• Voice Coil Actuator
• Humble Solenoid?

Fluidic

• Pneumatic
• Hydraulic
• Soft

Solid State Actuation

• Piezoelectric
• Dielectric
• Thermal

Mechanisms

• Jamming