DocumentCode
2848601
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
fYear
1997
fDate
1997
Firstpage
177
Lastpage
184
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Micromechatronics and Human Science, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997 International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Nagoya
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4171-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MHS.1997.768877
Filename
768877
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