actuate
A broken actuator can lock a part into position.
The company makes actuators, devices that fit on to the valves along pipelines, controlling the opening and closing of the valve.
There's never been an actuator failure.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Machines - Functioning
action
deactivation
engaged
faultily
faulty
fire someone up
function as something/someone
functioning
light
operative
peg
play something up
power
power (something) up
refire
reset
road
self-driving
tick
working

Examples of actuator

actuator
Since all links are assumed rigid, the compliance of the mechanism will be induced solely by the compliance of the actuators.
One of the topics is the implementation of alternative actuators replacing the widely spread electrical drives, in order to make lightweight structures and compliant joints.
Three actuators provide gross/fine opening and closing of the tips plus lateral motion.
The performance index was the energy consumed by the actuators during the motion, evaluated from the dynamic model of the mechanism and actuators.
However, the inertia of the axis hardware, including actuators, has a very significant influence on the performance of supporting axis.
The mechanical energy of the actuators is considered for the formulation of the objective function.
The latter may seem somewhat specialized, but is important because hydraulic actuators are critical components of robotic devices that enter hazardous environments.
In this case, embedded intelligence is associated to several actuators and sensors.
During the single support phase, the configuration of the biped is defined by five independent variables, but there are only four actuators.
Interesting examples are given by under-actuated grippers or hands, which are defined as those with more d. o. f. s than actuators.
In designing dynamic systems, actuators with enough torque capacity are selected to fully actuate the systems.
However, enough capacity of actuators cannot be selected in most robot manipulators since the actuating motors of robot manipulators are serially placed on links.
No brake is used so the negative work must be produced by the actuators.
In this case, the number of configuration variables is greater than the number of actuators during single support or flight phases.
The sensors and actuators used should be limited to those currently available on a modern loading machine.
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