Shape memory alloy microgripper for robotic microassembly of tissue engineering scaffolds

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2004, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 4918-4924

  Zhang, Han ^a   Bellouard, Yves ^b   Burdet, Etienne ^a   Clavel, Reymond ^c   Poo, Aun Neow ^a   Hutmacher, Dietmar Werner ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Large deflections; Ludwick type material; Microassembly; Microrobotics; Numerical analysis; Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)

Indexed keywords

LARGE DEFLECTIONS; LUDWICK TYPE MATERIAL; MICROASSEMBLY; MICROROBOTICS;

ANNEALING; GRIPPERS; HEATING; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 3042578806     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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