actuation

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The key detail in the weapon debris was the tail actuation system, which controls the fins that guide the GBU-39 to a target, according to Trevor Ball, a former U.S.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

"To ensure the safe use of these devices inside the body, we have managed to reduce the voltage required for actuation to very low values," said Dr Chaoqun Dong, the paper's first author.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

“This team has brought chemically powered actuation to impressive length scales for robotics while also demonstrating impressive capabilities for insect-scale machines,” says Ryan Truby, a materials scientist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2023

The actuation unit was previously owned by Rockwell Collins, a company sold to United Technologies in 2018.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2023

He is therein his own minute biographer, revealing not only his actions, but their actuation.

From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by Foote, G. W. (George William)