Grasping, carrying and placing of objects are the fundamental capabilities and common
operations for robots and robotic manipulators. Grippers are the most essential components …

In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …

This paper describes the development of MEMS force sensors constructed using paper as
the structural material. The working principle on which these paper-based sensors are …

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

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) provides real-time imaging with nanometer
resolution and a large scanning area, which enables the development and integration of …

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 …

This paper presents the design and control of a novel gripper device with a passive type of
compliant constant-force mechanism. The function of constant-force output is achieved by …

This paper presents a robotic system that is capable of both picking up and releasing
microobjects with high accuracy, reliability, and speed. Due to force-scaling laws, large …

Compliant grippers are important devices for assembling small parts. Analyzing the
mechanism efficiently and accurately and designing grippers carefully have also become …