Microengineering/nanoengineering is an emerging field that enables engineering and
scientific discoveries in the microworld. As an effective and powerful tool for automation and …

Optical position encoders have been invented and investigated for several decades for
precision measurement. In this article, a comprehensive survey on the optical position …

In many cases, soft and continuum robots represent an interesting alternative to articulated
robots because they have the advantages of miniaturization capability, safer interactions …

The numerical wavefront backpropagation principle of digital holography confers unique
extended focus capabilities, without mechanical displacements along z-axis. However, the …

Computer vision is a convenient noncontact tool for position control and thus constitutes an
attractive multidirectional alternative to widely used single-direction sensors. However, to …

Micro-vision positioning measurement combines optical microscopy and computer vision to
achieve noncontact, high-precision positioning measurement. Ultra-precision machined …

This paper presents a novel vision-based way to achieve repeatability measurement with
sub-microscale precision, two degrees of freedom, small footprint, easy installation, and low …

At small scales, automating robotic tasks such as assembly, force/displacement
characterization, positioning, etc., appear to be particularly limited. This is due to the lack of …

Dark-field imaging is widely used in shape analysis and defect detection in micro-vision-
based systems because it reflects topography clearly. However, the unclear relationship …

The retrieval of an observed object's pose is an essential computer vision problem. The
challenge arises in many different fields, among them robotics control, contactless …