Title :
Positioning of a miniature robot using position sensitive detectors
Author :
Kawane, Yusuke ; Torii, Akihiro ; Doki, Kae ; Ueda, Akiteru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Aichi Inst. of Technol., Toyota, Japan
Abstract :
Many miniature robots with various types of sensors and actuators have been developed. We propose the positioning of a miniature robot using position sensitive devices (PSDs), since the position resolution of the PSD is superior to other positioning sensors and its dimension is suitable for the miniature robot. We install the PSD on the miniature robot actuated by piezoelectric elements and electromagnets, and we measure the linear displacement of the miniature robot.
Keywords :
microrobots; piezoelectric actuators; position control; actuators; electromagnets; linear displacement; miniature robot; piezoelectric elements; position sensitive detectors; position sensitive devices; positioning; sensors; Actuators; Displacement measurement; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnets; Iron; Magnetic cores; Magnetic flux; Position measurement; Position sensitive particle detectors; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Micromechatronics and Human Science, 2002. MHS 2002. Proceedings of 2002 International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7611-0
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.2002.1058018
