Autonomous robotic pick-and-place of microobjects

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-207

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Chen, Brandon K ^a   Liu, Xinyu ^a   Sun, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesion forces; Automated operation; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microgrippers; Micromanipulation; Robotic pick and place

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCES; AUTOMATED OPERATIONS; MICRO GRIPPER; MICRO MANIPULATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PICK-AND-PLACE;

ADHESION; BOROSILICATE GLASS; GRIPPERS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMANIPULATORS; MICROSPHERES; ROBOTICS; SPEED;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 76949089698     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2009.2034831     Document Type: Article

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