The need of micromanipulation devices has been growing rapidly during the last decades, specially in the fields of Biology and Micro-Assembly, and many solutions have been proposed to cope with the increasing demand. The present paper suggests a possible way to micromanipulating objects in various conditions, adopting MEMS technologies to develop a microgripper based on a new flexural hinge, recently patented by the Authors. The micromechanism has been modified considering results obtained through FEA. Finally, a brief description of the construction process is provided, together with some experimental activities. © 2013 IEEE.
Design, optimization and construction of MEMS-based micro grippers for cell manipulation / Belfiore, Nicola Pio; Verotti, Matteo; Crescenzi, Rocco; Balucani, Marco. - STAMPA. - (2013), pp. 105-110. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE International Conference on System Science and Engineering, ICSSE 2013 tenutosi a Budapest; Hungary nel 4 July 2013 through 6 July 2013) [10.1109/icsse.2013.6614642].
Design, optimization and construction of MEMS-based micro grippers for cell manipulation
BELFIORE, Nicola Pio;VEROTTI, Matteo;CRESCENZI, Rocco;BALUCANI, Marco
2013
Abstract
The need of micromanipulation devices has been growing rapidly during the last decades, specially in the fields of Biology and Micro-Assembly, and many solutions have been proposed to cope with the increasing demand. The present paper suggests a possible way to micromanipulating objects in various conditions, adopting MEMS technologies to develop a microgripper based on a new flexural hinge, recently patented by the Authors. The micromechanism has been modified considering results obtained through FEA. Finally, a brief description of the construction process is provided, together with some experimental activities. © 2013 IEEE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
