Application of piezo-driven polymer microgripper in automatic transportation of micro object

Author

Chang, Ren Jung ; Shih, Po Wei ; Huang, Ren Zuo ; Lin, Kuan Yan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan

fYear

2005

fDate

10-12 July 2005

Firstpage

140

Lastpage

144

Abstract

A compliant microgripper system is designed, fabricated, and tested. The gripper mechanism is optimized to achieve design objectives. By employing excimer-laser ablation, a polyurethane microgripper is fabricated. The input-output behavior of microgripper mechanism is analyzed by FEA and compared with experimental testing. The microgripper driven by piezoelectric actuator is finally integrated and the operational behavior is identified. The application of holding and transporting a wire (200 mum) is finally tested.

Keywords

design; end effectors; finite element analysis; grippers; laser ablation; micromanipulators; piezoelectric actuators; polymers; FEA; automatic microobject transportation; design; excimer-laser ablation; gripper mechanism; input-output behavior; operational behavior; piezo-driven polymer microgripper; piezoelectric actuator; polyurethane microgripper; Automatic voltage control; Biomedical engineering; End effectors; Grippers; Manufacturing; Microactuators; Piezoelectric actuators; Polymers; Testing; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics, 2005. ICM '05. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8998-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMECH.2005.1529242

Filename

1529242