Design and control of a MEMS micro-gripper with integrated electro-thermal force sensor

2013 3rd Australian Control Conference, AUCC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 479-484

  Piriyanont, Busara ^a   Moheimani, S O Reza ^a   Bazaei, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND CONTROL; FEED-BACK LOOP; FORCE SENSOR; GRIPPING FORCE; MICROBEADS; MICROGRIPPER; PICK-AND-PLACE; STATIC CHARACTERISTIC;

SENSORS;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 84893323832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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