Design and fabrication of a gripping tool for micromanipulation

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 428-433

  Thornell, Greger ^a   Bexell, Mats ^a   Schweitz, Jan Åke ^a,b   Johansson, Stefan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Micromechanics Programme   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gripping tool; Micromanipulation; Wire electro discharge machining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001671370     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-4247(96)01146-6     Document Type: Article

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