DocumentCode :
2974646
Title :
Robotic manipulation of adhesive droplets for applications in microassembly
Author :
Wang, Lidai ; Mills, James K. ; Cleghorn, William L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
fYear :
2009
fDate :
22-24 June 2009
Firstpage :
1562
Lastpage :
1567
Abstract :
Assembly and attachment of microparts are of fundamental importance in the development of three-dimensional complex microsystems. Adhesive bonding is an important method to assembly micromachining parts. We present an approach to manipulate micron size adhesive droplets for use in robotic microassembly. A micro-probe is developed and bonded to a micro-robot. Adhesive droplets are picked up from adhesive reservoir, and placed on target spots. The effect of surface energy is considered in the design of the micro-probe. The size of manipulated adhesive droplet is determined from the dimension of the micro-probe tip. Experiments were conducted to manipulate adhesive droplets, and assemble three-dimensional micro-mirrors.
Keywords :
adhesive bonding; drops; microassembling; micromachining; micromanipulators; micromirrors; robotic assembly; adhesive bonding; adhesive droplets; adhesive reservoir; micromachining parts; microparts attachment; microprobe; microrobot; robotic manipulation; robotic microassembly; surface energy; three-dimensional complex microsystems; three-dimensional micromirrors; Bonding; Fasteners; Microassembly; Milling machines; Reservoirs; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation; Robots; Surface cleaning; Surface tension;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Information and Automation, 2009. ICIA '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zhuhai, Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3607-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3608-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICINFA.2009.5205166
Filename :
5205166
Link To Document :
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