• DocumentCode
    384813
  • 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
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    99
  • Lastpage
    104
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micromechatronics and Human Science, 2002. MHS 2002. Proceedings of 2002 International Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7611-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MHS.2002.1058018
  • Filename
    1058018