Title :
Mechanism and driving method of an inertial driven micromanipulator
Author :
Mitsumoto, Naoki ; Kaneko, Takashi ; Kawahara, Nobuaki
Author_Institution :
Res. Labs., Denso Corp., Aichi, Japan
Abstract :
This paper proposes an inertial driven micromanipulator utilizing BEMA, a bending and expanding motion actuator. The goal of this paper is to improve the speed of the manipulator by means of optimum voltage pattern. In this paper, motion of the manipulator dependence on voltage pattern was investigated. Also, a design method for making an optimum voltage pattern was proposed. The optimum voltage improved the manipulator´s motion speed by 5 times with respect to the conventional one
Keywords :
industrial manipulators; mechatronics; microactuators; microassembling; micromanipulators; bending and expanding motion actuator; bimorph layer; coarse motion; design method; driving method; elastic element; fine motion; improved motion speed; inertial driven micromanipulator; manipulator mechanism; mechatronics; miniature parts assembling; optimum voltage pattern; piezoelectric element; Assembly; Design methodology; Electrodes; Laboratories; Mechatronics; Micromanipulators; Physics; Pneumatic actuators; Self-assembly; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Micromechatronics and Human Science, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4171-6
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.1997.768877
