Alignment of microparts using force controlled pushing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3519, Issue , 1998, Pages 148-156

  Zesch, Wolfgang ^a   Fearing, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; AFM cantilever; Alignment operation; Force control; Force sensing; Micromanipulation; Micropart; Micropositioning; Microtaction; Pushing

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FORCE CONTROL; FORCE MEASUREMENT; SENSORS;

ALIGNMENT OPERATION; FORCE CONTROLLED PUSHING; MICROPARTS; MICROPOSITIONING;

MICROMANIPULATORS;

EID: 0037959958     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.325735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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