A workstation for manipulation of micro objects

Author

Menciassi, A. ; Carrozza, M.C. ; Ristori, C. ; Tiezzi, G. ; Dario, P.

Author_Institution

MiTech Lab., Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy

fYear

1997

fDate

7-9 Jul 1997

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

258

Abstract

The micromanipulation of tiny mechanical and biological objects, with its wide range of application, is becoming a research field of strong interest both for university and industry. Micromechatronics and robotics may be capable of improving present micromanipulation techniques and even of opening new application areas. In this paper, after a short illustration of the state of the art, a critical analysis of the problems to be solved for reducing current limitations and improving micromanipulation devices is presented. Finally, the main features of a workstation for micromanipulation of micro-objects which is being developed in the authors´ laboratory are discussed

Keywords

engineering workstations; industrial manipulators; manipulators; mechatronics; microactuators; microassembling; microsensors; position control; biological objects; mechanical objects; micro objects; micromanipulation; micromechatronics; robotics; Assembly systems; Automatic control; Biotechnology; Control systems; Instruments; Manufacturing automation; Microassembly; Prototypes; Robotic assembly; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Robotics, 1997. ICAR '97. Proceedings., 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4160-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAR.1997.620191

Filename

620191