A low-cost flexure-based handheld mechanism for micromanipulation

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 773-778

  Tan, U Xuan ^a   Latt, Win Tun ^a   Shee, Cheng Yap ^a   Ang, Wei Tech ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flexure prismatic joint; medical robotics; micromanipulator; parallel mechanism; rapid prototyping (RP)

Indexed keywords

MANIPULATORS; MECHANISMS; NEEDLES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SURGERY;

CELL MICROMANIPULATION; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MICRO MANIPULATION; PARALLEL MANIPULATORS; PARALLEL MECHANISMS; PRISMATIC JOINT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRACKING PERFORMANCE;

MICROMANIPULATORS;

EID: 85028119752     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2010.2069568     Document Type: Article

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