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A compliant dual-axis gripper with integrated position and force sensing
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In this paper, a flexure-based dual-axis gripper driven by two piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) is designed with an asymmetric structure which can be divided into left and right parts.About:
This article is published in Mechatronics.The article was published on 2017-11-01. It has received 49 citations till now.read more
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Kinetostatic and Dynamic Modeling of Flexure-Based Compliant Mechanisms: A Survey
TL;DR: This paper surveys and compares the conceptual ideas, key advances, and applicable scopes, and open problems of the state-of-the-art kinetostatic and dynamic modeling methods for compliant mechanisms in terms of small and large deflections.
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Design of a Novel Dual-Axis Micromanipulator With an Asymmetric Compliant Structure
TL;DR: In this article, a novel piezoelectrically actuated dual-axis micromanipulator with an asymmetric compliant structure has been presented, where a guiding bridge-type mechanism was proposed and utilized in the left part of the micromanippulator to improve the dynamic performance.
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Optimal design of a piezo-actuated 2-DOF millimeter-range monolithic flexure mechanism with a pseudo-static model
TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid rhombus-lever multistage displacement amplifier with an improved boundary constraint is proposed to develop a parallel millimeter-range XY monolithic mechanism while retaining a relatively high dynamic frequency.
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Design and Testing of a Novel 2-DOF Compound Constant-Force Parallel Gripper
Xiaozhi Zhang,Qingsong Xu +1 more
TL;DR: Experimental results reveal that the devised microgripper owns a good decoupling performance and constant-force property in parallel grasping operation in 2-DOF manipulation.
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Optimizing compliant gripper mechanism design by employing an effective bi-algorithm: fuzzy logic and ANFIS
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a bi-algorithm approach for multi-objective optimization design of a compliant gripper mechanism as a robot arm through an effective hybrid algorithm of fuzzy logic and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS).
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Monolithically Fabricated Microgripper With Integrated Force Sensor for Manipulating Microobjects and Biological Cells Aligned in an Ultrasonic Field
TL;DR: In this article, an electrostatic microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gripper with an integrated capacitive force sensor is described for aligning microobjects suspended in water using ultrasonic fields.
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Design and Analysis of a Totally Decoupled Flexure-Based XY Parallel Micromanipulator
Yangmin Li,Qingsong Xu +1 more
TL;DR: The kinematic and dynamic modeling of the manipulator are conducted by resorting to compliance and stiffness analysis based on the matrix method, which are validated by finite-element analysis (FEA).
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A microgripper using piezoelectric actuation for micro-object manipulation
S.K. Nah,Zhaowei Zhong +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a monolithic compliant-flexure-based micro gripper with piezoelectric actuation was designed and tested using a finite element analysis (FEA).
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A Monolithic Compliant Piezoelectric-Driven Microgripper: Design, Modeling, and Testing
Dai-Hua Wang,Q. Yang,H. M. Dong +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, a stack piezoelectric ceramic actuator is used to simultaneously obtain the tip displacement and the gripping force, and a novel monolithic compliant mechanism is proposed to act as the microdisplacement transmission mechanism to obtain the large tip displacement.
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Vacuum tool for handling microobjects with a NanoRobot
TL;DR: This paper focuses on the investigation of a vacuum gripping tool consisting of a glass pipette and a computer controlled vacuum supply, and special emphasis is laid on the optimization of the tool's parameters in order to improve its pick and place capability.