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Citation:

P. Bhatti, P.H. Marbot, B. Hannaford, 'Microscopic Pick and Place with the Mini-Direct Drive Arm,' SPIE Telemanipulation Symposium, Boston, November, 1992.

Abstract

A mini gripper attachment has been fabricated for a mini direct drive robot arm. Mounted on the robot, it has successfully performed pick and place operations with grains of sand under teleoperated conditions. The mini robot serves to precisely position the gripper, and a needle-like finger of the gripper deflects so the fingers can grip objects up to 0.5mm. The gripper finger capable of motion is fabricated with a piezoelectric bimorph crystal which deflects with an applied DC voltage. The experimental results are promising, and the mini gripper may be modified for future biomedical and clean room applications.

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