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Mobile cm3-microrobots with tools for nanoscale imaging and micromanipulation

Bergander, A.
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Driesen, W.
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Varidel, T.
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2004
Proceedings of the 2004 Mechatronics & Robotics Conference
Mechatronics & Robotics (MechRob 2004)

This paper presents a microrobot concept for microhandling and micromanipulation, which has been developed within the framework of the EU founded project MiCRoN. The concept is explained along with some examples of realized modules for the robots and a number of experimental results. The approach for the design of an individual robot is modular, with each module fulfilling a certain function. An overview is given on the system and robot concept, followed by a presentation of several modules for locomotion and tools. The tool modules include microgrippers as well as small scan stages for scanning probes based on piezoelectric monomorph elements. The overall size of the robots is projected to be about 1cm3. Each robot is individually configurable, which means that it can carry e.g. either a gripper, a scanner or other tools. A number of experiments with the robots have been carried out. Promising results were obtained with a number of already existing modules, showing the possibility to use a number of the presented robots for certain micromanipulation tasks, either individually or in cooperation with multiple agents.

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conference paper
Author(s)
Bergander, A.
Driesen, W.
Varidel, T.
Meizoso, M.
Breguet, J.-M.  
Date Issued

2004

Published in
Proceedings of the 2004 Mechatronics & Robotics Conference
Start page

1041

End page

1047

Subjects

[HPR-MR]

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robotics

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microengineering

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micro robotics

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mobile micro robots

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micro gripper

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AFM scanner

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piezoelectric actuators

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stick-slip actuators

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LSRO  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
Mechatronics & Robotics (MechRob 2004)

Aachen, Germany

13-15 Septembre 2004

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