A novel piezo-driven microgripper with a large jaw displacement

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 931-942

  Sun, Xiantao ^a   Chen, Weihai ^a   Fatikow, Sergej ^b   Tian, Yanling ^c   Zhou, Rui ^a   Zhang, Jianbin ^a   Mikczinski, Manuel ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

AMPLIFICATION MECHANISM; AMPLIFICATION RATIO; DETAILED MODELING; FLEXURE HINGE; HIGH-PRECISION; MECHANICAL DESIGN; MICRO MANIPULATION; OPTIMUM STRUCTURES;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 84925291334     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: 14321858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-014-2199-3     Document Type: Article

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