Nano tele-manipulation using virtual reality interface

Author

Sitti, Metin ; Horiguchi, Satoshi ; Hashimoto, Hideki

Author_Institution

Inst. of Ind. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

7-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

171

Abstract

A telemanipulation system from macroscale world to nanoscale world with a user-friendly virtual reality-based human-machine interface has been proposed in this paper. This paper focuses on the direct telemanipulation of nano objects with sizes 1 nm-1 μm. A home-made AFM device has been utilized as the nano vision and force sensor as well as the nano manipulator. As the teleoperation interface, a force-feedback device and 3-D virtual reality graphics visualization environment have been constructed. Preliminary simulation and experimental results are presented

Keywords

atomic force microscopy; feedback; force measurement; graphical user interfaces; manipulators; micromechanical devices; nanotechnology; telerobotics; virtual reality; 1 nm to 1 mum; 3-D virtual reality graphics visualization environment; atomic force microscope; direct telemanipulation; force sensor; force-feedback device; home-made AFM device; human-machine interface; nano manipulator; nano tele-manipulation; nano vision sensor; teleoperation interface; user-friendly; virtual reality interface; Atomic force microscopy; Conducting materials; Fabrication; Force sensors; Graphics; Haptic interfaces; Nanoelectromechanical systems; Nanotechnology; Tunneling; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 1998. Proceedings. ISIE '98. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pretoria

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4756-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.1998.707771

Filename

707771