The piezoelectric-actuated compliant microgripper (PEACM) plays an essential role in the
application fields such as biomedical engineering, microelectronics, and optical …

This paper presents a review of electrothermal micro-actuators and applications.
Electrothermal micro-actuators have been a significant research interest over the last two …

The design and control of a novel piezoelectric actuated compliant microgripper is studied in
this paper to achieve fast, precise, and robust micro grasping operations. First, the …

This paper presents a novel microgripper mechanism for micromanipulation and assembly.
The microgripper is driven by a piezoelectric actuator, and a three-stage flexure-based …

An atlas of 98 microgrippers that recently appeared in Literature is herein presented by
using four different forms:(a) a restyled layout of the original mechanical structure,(b) its …

This article presents the design, control, and test of a piezo-based passive compliant micro-
gripper capable of combining position and force control. The gripper's structure is compact …

Micromanipulation is a hot topic due to its enabling role in various research fields. In order to
perform a high precision operation at a small scale, compliant mechanisms have been …

This article provides an overview of the operational strategies adopted in microgrippers
design. The review covers microgrippers recently proposed in Literature, some of which …

Microgrippers are commonly used for micromanipulation of micro-objects from 1 to 100 µm
and attain features of reliable accuracy, low cost, wide jaw aperture and variable applied …

This paper provides a review of techniques and technology relevant to the field of micro-
devices assembly (MDA). MDA is an emerging domain of importance which is expected to …