Micromanipulators

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In the absence of piezo-actuators (the order was delayed), an alternative actuation method was used for the prototype gripper.
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In the absence of piezo-actuators (the order was delayed), an alternative actuation method was used for the prototype gripper. An extensive literature survey was done.
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==Piezo gripper by Julien Demarest==
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|[[Image:Demarest_gripper1.jpg|thumb|200px|Frontal view of gripper]]||[[Image:Demarest_gripper2.jpg|thumb|200px|Side view of gripper]]||[[Image:Pi_powersource.jpg|thumb|200px|Powersource for piezos]]
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|[[Image:Demarest_gripper_open.jpg|thumb|200px|Gripper in open state ([http://vision.eng.shu.ac.uk/jan/demarest_gripper.avi 1.8MByte video])]]||[[Image:Demarest_gripper_closed.jpg|thumb|200px|Gripper in closed state]]||[[Image:Demarest_manipulation.jpg|thumb|200px|Picking up ground coffee ([http://vision.eng.shu.ac.uk/jan/demarest_manipulation.avi 6.1MByte video])]]
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Thanks to John Stanley ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_prototyping rapid prototyping]) and Ralph Gay (micro-parts) for helping.
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=See Also=
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* [[Available Student Projects]]
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=External Links=
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* [http://vision.eng.shu.ac.uk/jan/Design%20and%20development%20of%20a%20piezoelectric%20gripper%20for%20micromanipulation.pdf Julien Lacheray's report]
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* [http://vision.eng.shu.ac.uk/jan/report_demarest.pdf Julien Demarest's report]
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* [http://i60p4.ira.uka.de/~seyfried/tikiwiki-1.7.3/tiki-index.php?page=Microrobots Microrobots at IPR]
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* [http://www.physikinstrumente.de/ Physik Instrumente Gmbh] - nanopositioning technology and motion control systems
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* [http://www.goodfellow.com/ Goodfellow] - metals and materials for research and industry
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* [http://www.kleindiek.com/ Kleindiek Nanotechnik]
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* [http://www.zyvex.com/Products/CMPM_001a.htm Zyvex microgripper]
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* [http://northumbria.ac.uk/business/ic/casestudy/prj_nm/ Nanomobile]
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* John Speich, Michael Goldfarb: [http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0263574799001903 A compliant-mechanism-based three degree-of-freedom manipulator for small-scale manipulation] (PDF)
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* Ying-Chien Tsai, Sio Hou Lei, Hendra Sudin: [http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0960-1317/15/1/022 Design and analysis of planar compliant microgripper based on kinematic approach]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Bjs99A0k0 Da Vinci surgical robot]
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[[Category:Projects]]
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[[Category:Nanorobotics]]

Latest revision as of 16:44, 12 May 2010

Contents

[edit] Micromanipulators

[edit] Prototype by Julien Lacheray

Gripping operation (1.5 MByte video)
Coils and magnets (856 kByte video)

In the absence of piezo-actuators (the order was delayed), an alternative actuation method was used for the prototype gripper. An extensive literature survey was done.

[edit] Piezo gripper by Julien Demarest

Frontal view of gripper
Side view of gripper
Powersource for piezos
Gripper in open state (1.8MByte video)
Gripper in closed state
Picking up ground coffee (6.1MByte video)

Thanks to John Stanley (rapid prototyping) and Ralph Gay (micro-parts) for helping.

[edit] See Also

[edit] External Links

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