Mechanism design and analysis of a novel 2-DOF compliant modular microgripper

Proceedings of the 2012 7th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1966-1971

  Xu, Qingsong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

compliant mechanisms; finite element analysis; Micro nanomanipulation; microgripper; modular design

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC HANDLING; CONCEPT DESIGNS; CONTROL SCHEMES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; GRIPPER ARMS; HARDWARE COST; MECHANISM DESIGN; MICRO-/NANOMANIPULATION; MICROGRIPPER; MODULAR DESIGNS; PSEUDO-RIGID-BODY; TRANSLATIONAL MOTIONS; TWO-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; MICROMANIPULATORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 84871697507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIEA.2012.6361051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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