Microrobot and applications

Author

Fukuda, Toshio ; Arai, Fumihito

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech.-Inf. & Syst., Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

fYear

1993

fDate

27-29 Sep 1993

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Historical background of the micromachine and its applications are presented, and the future state of microrobots is discussed. Microdevices, such as a microsensor, microactuator, and microprocessor are all important to build an integrated micromachine. If the “sensing part”, “actuating part” and “logical judging part” are unified in a micro body, it is possible to make a microrobot. If this unification can be down with the batch process of mass production, an idea for a machine will change from an origin at once. A microrobot offers the opportunity of expanding the application fields of mechatronics in the future. The problem statement, application fields and future trends of microrobots are discussed

Keywords

industrial robots; mechatronics; microactuators; micromechanical devices; microsensors; mobile robots; batch process; mass production; mechatronics; microactuator; micromachine; microprocessor; microrobots; microsensor; Actuators; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Mass production; Mechanical sensors; Mechatronics; Microactuators; Micromotors; Robot sensing systems; Semiconductor device manufacture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1993. Design and Operations of Intelligent Factories. Workshop Proceedings., IEEE 2nd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Palm Cove-Cairns, Qld.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0985-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.1993.396435

Filename

396435