Application-Oriented Performance Characterization of the Ionic Polymer Transducers (IPTs). Ioonpolümeeridest täiturite võimekuse karakteriseerimine rakendusteks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 KOKKUVÕTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 APPENDIX A: Control of an inverted pendulum using an ionic polymermetal composite actuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 APPENDIX B: Feedback control of a coupled IPMC (ionic polymer-metal composite) sensor-actuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 APPENDIX C: An integrated electroactive polymer sensor–actuator: design, model-based control, and performance characterization . . . . 171 APPENDIX D: Low cost anatomically realistic renal biopsy phantoms for interventional radiology trainees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 CURRICULUM VITAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 ELULOOKIRJELDUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

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