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

Owing to its passive in-flight actuation, this sound-producing organ is known as an 'aeroelastic tymbal'.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 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

Safran may reach a deal to acquire Raytheon's actuation business that makes flight controls as early as this week, the source said, asking not to be identified because the matter is confidential.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2023

All the detectors of the coherer type really depend for their actuation upon electromotive force; that is to say, upon the application to the terminals of the detector of a certain electromotive force.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose