Development of a compliant-based microgripper for microassembly

2008 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 522-527

  Mohd Zubir, Mohd Nashrul ^a   Shirinzadeh, Bijan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias spring; Flexure hinges; Microassembly.; Microgripper; Piezoelectric actuator

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CANTILEVER BEAMS; GRIPPERS; HINGES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MECHATRONICS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

BIAS SPRING; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COULOMB FRICTIONS; DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATIONS; ELECTRO-DISCHARGE MACHINING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLEXURE HINGES; GRASPING MECHANISMS; HIGH PRECISION; MICRO-ASSEMBLY PROCESS; MICRO-OBJECTS; MICROASSEMBLY.; MICROGRIPPER; PERFORMANCE VERIFICATIONS; PROTOTYPING; PSEUDO-RIGID-BODY MODELS; RIGOROUS APPROACHES; SMALL PERTURBATIONS;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 60749089373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MESA.2008.4735754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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