Electro-thermally actuated microgrippers with integrated force-feedback

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1265-1270

  Mølhave, Kristian ^a   Hansen, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actuator; Electro thermal; Microgripper; Microtweezer; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROSTATICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINED (EDM) GRIPPERS; NANOMETERS; PARALLEL FLEXIBLE BEAMS; TWEEZERS;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 18744390483     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/15/6/018     Document Type: Article

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