DocumentCode
3087865
Title
Nanohelices as motion converters
Author
Kratochvil, Bradley E. ; Dong, Lixin ; Zhang, Li ; Abbott, Jake J. ; Nelson, Bradley J.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Robot. & Intell. Syst., ETH Zurich, Zurich
fYear
2008
fDate
22-26 Sept. 2008
Firstpage
4141
Lastpage
4142
Abstract
Few rotational actuators currently exist with the ability to transmit motion at different speeds, torques, and directions at the nanometer scale. We present work regarding the application of helical nanobelts as linear-to-rotary and rotary-to-linear motion converters. We discuss their ability to rectify device rotation to linear motion for untethered microrobotic applications as well as their application as rotary sample stages for nanoscale imaging.
Keywords
belts; microrobots; motion control; robot dynamics; helical nanobelts; linear-to-rotary motion converters; microrobotic; motion converters; nanohelices; nanoscale imaging; rotary-to-linear motion converters; Chromium; Converters; Gallium arsenide; Indium gallium arsenide; Metals; Robots; Scanning electron microscopy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008. IROS 2008. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location
Nice
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2057-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2008.4650609
Filename
4650609
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