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KSME International Journal, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 1-11, 2004 A Study on the Control of an IPMC Actuator Using an Adaptive Fuzzy Algorithm Sin-Jong Oh, Hunmo Kim* School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Chunchun-dong Jangan-Gu Suwon 440-746, Korea The Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) is one of the electroactive polymers (EAP) that was shown to have potential application as an actuator. It bends by applying a low voltage current (1-3 V) to its surfaces when containing water. In this paper, the basic characteristics and the static dynamic modeling of IPMC is discussed. In modeling and analysis, the equations of motion, which describe the total dynamics of the system, are driven. To control the position of the IPMC actuator, an adaptive fuzzy algorithm is used. IPMC is a time varying system because the some parameters vary with the passage of time. In this paper, the modeling and control of IPMC is introduced. Key Words IPMC, EAP, Adaptive Fuzzy Algorithm, FMRLC KSME International Journal, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 12-19, 2004 Study on Residual Stress in Viscoelastic Thin Film Using Curvature Measurement Method Young Tae Im, Seung Tae Choi*, Tae Sang Park Department of Mechanical Engineering, ME3053, KAIST, Science Town, Daejeon 305-701, Korea Jae Hyun Kim Micro system Structural Mechanics Group, KIMM (Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials), 171 Jang-dong, Yusung-ku, Daejeon 305-343, Korea Using LSM (laser scanning method), the radius of curvature due to thermal deformation in polyimide film coated on Si substrate is measured. Since the polyimide film shows viscoelastic behavior, i.e., the modulus and deformation of the film vary with time and temperature, we estimate the relaxation modulus and the residual stresses of the polyimide film by measuring the radius of curvature and subsequently by performing viscoelastic analysis. The residual stresses relax by an amount of 10% at 100 oC and 20% at 150 oC for two hours. Key Words R