Micropositioning and fast transport using a contactless micro-conveyor

Micromachines

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-80

  Laurent, Guillaume J ^a   Delettre, Anne ^a   Zeggari, Rabah ^a   Yahiaoui, Reda ^a   Manceau, Jean François ^a   Fort Piat, Nadine Le ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Air flow conveyor; Contactless manipulation; Distributed manipulation; Feeding; Micromanipulation

Indexed keywords

AIR; FEEDING; NOZZLE DESIGN;

AIR FLOW; CARDINAL DIRECTION; CONTACTLESS MANIPULATION; DISTRIBUTED MANIPULATION; FAST TRANSPORT; MICRO MANIPULATION; MICRO POSITIONING; POSITIONING TASKS;

CONVEYORS;

EID: 84902595860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi5010066     Document Type: Article

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