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There are many different ways that robotic actuators can be built. Most prominently, these are electric motors or pneumatic actuators with electric valves. In this chapter, we will concentrate on electric actuators using DC (direct current) instead of AC (alternating current) power.
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Bräunl, T. (2022). Actuators. In: Embedded Robotics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0804-9_6
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