Nanonewton force sensing and control in microrobotic cell manipulation

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1065-1076

  Liu, Xinyu ^a   Kim, Keekyoung ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Sun, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular force measurement; Force feedback; MEMS microgripper; Microrobotic cell manipulation; Nanonewton force sensing and control; Sub pixel visual tracking

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR FORCE MEASUREMENT; FORCE FEEDBACK; MICROROBOTIC CELL MANIPULATION; NANONEWTON FORCE SENSING AND CONTROL; SUB-PIXEL VISUAL TRACKING;

CELL MEMBRANES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FEEDBACK; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GRIPPERS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PIXELS; SENSORS;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 69249119421     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364909340212     Document Type: Article

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