2 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Exploration of small footprint stick-slip piezoelectric actuators for use in the FLEX fibre positioner system for the Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST)
Joseph W. Barrow, Suryansh Saxena, Jon S. Lawrence +2
This work presents a novel stick-slip piezoelectric actuator for the FLEX fibre positioner, addressing the challenge of reducing footprint while maintaining precision in next-gener…
astro-ph.IM2026
High multiplex and precision: the design and development of FLEX, a grid-based fiber positioner with large patrol radius and minimized telecentric error
Aaron Omadutt, Roelof S. de Jong, Will Saunders +5
In next-generation spectroscopic facilities, high-multiplex fiber positioning systems must operate within highly constrained focal surfaces, such as the Wide-Field Spectroscopic Te…