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Design and Testing of a New Piezoelectric-Actuated Symmetric Compliant Microgripper
Actuators, 2022 Precise and stable operations in micromanipulation and microassembly require a high-performance microgripper. To improve the predominant static and dynamic characteristics, a novel piezoelectric-actuated compliant microgripper is designed, analyzed, and ...
Zekui Lyu, Qingsong Xu
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Micromachines, 2019 The existing symmetrical microgrippers have larger output displacements compared with the asymmetrical counterparts. However, the two jaws of a symmetrical microgripper are less unlikely to offer the same forces on the two sides of a grasped micro-object
Xiaodong Chen +4 more
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Microgripper Based on Simple Compliance Configurations, Improved by Using Parameterization
Actuators, 2020 The design of a novel electrothermal microgripper device is shown, which is based on an improved chevron type actuator developed considering their elements parameterization, whose resistive model is also provided.
Pedro Vargas-Chable +4 more
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Design of large-displacement asymmetric piezoelectric microgripper based on flexible mechanisms
Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering, 2019 The output displacement of the traditional symmetrical microgripper is large, but its micro-components or parts are easily damaged due to the uneven force exerted on the left and right jaws of the gripper.
Xiaodong Chen +4 more
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Sensors, 2018 Primary tumors of patients can release circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to flow inside of their blood. The CTCs have different mechanical properties in comparison with red and white blood cells, and their detection may be employed to study the efficiency ...
Luis A. Velosa-Moncada +4 more
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Heat Transfer Scale Effect Analysis and Parameter Measurement of an Electrothermal Microgripper
Micromachines, 2021 An electrothermal microgripper is an important actuator in microelectromechanical and micro-operating systems, and its temperature field analysis is the core problem in research and design. Because of the small size of an electrothermal microgripper, its
Lin Lin +5 more
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Universal Soft Robotic Microgripper [PDF]
Small, 2018 AbstractHere, a soft robotic microgripper is presented that consists of a smart actuated microgel connected to a spatially photopatterned multifunctional base. When pressed onto a target object, the microgel component conforms to its shape, thus providing a simple and adaptive solution for versatile micromanipulation. Without the need for active visual
Jia, Haiyan +7 more
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A Large Range Constant Force Microgripper With a Three-Stage Compliant Amplification Mechanism
IEEE Access, 2022 This paper proposes a novel piezoelectric actuated constant force microgripper with large gripping range for high precision micro-manipulation. The microgripper consists of a three-stage compliant amplification mechanism, a guide mechanism, and a ...
Yong Zhang, Peng Yan
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A Microgripper with a Post-Assembly Self-Locking Mechanism
Sensors, 2015 In this work, we report a new design for an electrostatically actuated microgripper with a post-assembly self-locking mechanism. The microgripper arms are driven by rotary comb actuators, enabling the microgripper to grip objects of any size from 0 to ...
Guangmin Yuan +4 more
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A Submerged Freeze Microgripper for Micromanipulations [PDF]
Proceedings 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2007 Efficient, reliable and flexible handling is still very challenging in micromanipulation and micro-assembly. In this paper, we propose an original thermally actuated gripper based on the use of ice to manipulate submerged artificial micro-objects sized under 100 mum.
Beatriz Lopez Walle +2 more
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