A scanning electron microscope (SEM) provides real-time imaging with nanometer
resolution and a large scanning area, which enables the development and integration of …

An atlas of 98 microgrippers that recently appeared in Literature is herein presented by
using four different forms:(a) a restyled layout of the original mechanical structure,(b) its …

This paper describes the development of a microgripper mechanism capable of delivering
high precision and fidelity manipulation of micro objects. The mechanism adopts a flexure …

This paper presents the design and development of a high precision microgripper for
micromanipulation. The design is based on a hybrid flexure-based compliant mechanism …

A multivariable approach of modeling and feedforward control of rate-independent
hysteresis in multi-dof piezoelectric actuators is proposed in this paper. For that, the classical …

Microgrippers with integrated force sensors are very efficient tools for dexterous
manipulation of objects in the microworld (size less than 100 μm). In this paper, we first …

This paper proposes an accurate self-sensing method for the control of shape memory alloy
(SMA) actuated flexures. SMA actuators exhibit large strain, high energy density, and can be …

A compliant two-fingered microgripper is designed, fabricated, and demonstrated. To mimic
human finger actuation, the proposed finger is distributively actuated by a shape memory …

A flexible robotic system (FRS) developed for multiscale manipulation and assembly from
nanoscale to microscale is presented. This system is based on the principle of atomic force …

Piezoelectric bimorphs have been used as a micro-gripper in many applications, but the
system might be complex and the response performance might not have been fully …