Sensing one nanometer over ten centimeters: A microencoded target for visual in-plane position measurement

AN André, P Sandoz, B Mauzé… - IEEE/ASME …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At the nanoscale, accurate control and position sensing are recurrent issues conditioning
advances of technologies and instruments in diverse fields of application. Recent advances …

Realtime in-plane displacements tracking of the precision positioning stage based on computer micro-vision

H Li, B Zhu, Z Chen, X Zhang - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents a micro-vision-based measurement method for realtime and high
accuracy in-plane displacements tracking of the precision positioning stage. In this method …

Optimized electrostatic inchworm motors using a flexible driving arm

I Penskiy, S Bergbreiter - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT A new motor architecture that uses in-plane electrostatic gap-closing actuators
along with a flexible driving arm mechanism to improve motor force density is introduced …

Robust phase-based decoding for absolute (X, Y, Θ) positioning by vision

AN André, P Sandoz, B Mauzé… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computer vision is a convenient noncontact tool for position control and thus constitutes an
attractive multidirectional alternative to widely used single-direction sensors. However, to …

Pose measurement at small scale by spectral analysis of periodic patterns

AN André, P Sandoz, M Jacquot, GJ Laurent - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The retrieval of an observed object's pose is an essential computer vision problem. The
challenge arises in many different fields, among them robotics control, contactless …

A vision-based method for planar position measurement

ZH Chen, PS Huang - Measurement Science and Technology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
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A microvision-based motion measurement system for nanopositioners using the feature-to-phase method

S Yao, X Zhang, B Zhu, H Li, L Yu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of automation at the nanoscale has been calling for precision motion
sensing for robotic nanopositioners. This study presents a microvision-based measurement …

Broadband 1 x 4 silicon nitride photonic switch fabricated on a hybrid electrothermal and electrostatic mems platform

B Barazani, A Gascon, C Coia, F Nabki… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study demonstrates a monolithic 1 x 4 optical switch composed of a planar micro-
electro-mechanical system (MEMS) integrated with silicon nitride (SiN) waveguides. The …

Microelectromechanical systems for nanomechanical testing: Electrostatic actuation and capacitive sensing for high-strain-rate testing

C Li, D Zhang, G Cheng, Y Zhu - Experimental Mechanics, 2020 - Springer
There have been relatively few studies on mechanical properties of nanomaterials under
high strain rates, mainly due to the lack of capable nanomechanical testing devices. Here …

In-plane displacement detection with picometer accuracy on a conventional microscope

J Kokorian, F Buja… - Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a new method for detecting in-plane displacements in
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with an unprecedented sub-ångström accuracy …