Electro-thermo-dynamic performance of a microgripping system
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Abstract
Microgripping systems incorporate miniature end grasping tools to manipulate micro-sized objects such as tiny mechanical parts, electrical components, biological cells, and bacterium. A thorough understanding of the system's dynamic behaviour, including the gripper force and tip displacement, is essential for successfully handling these micro-objects. In this paper, the electro-thermo-dynamic performance characteristics of a proposed microgripper are described. The system has a monolithic design which consists of a combination of an in-plane electro-thermally driven microactuator and a compliant mechanism. The kinematics of the microgripper is introduced and several prototypes are fabricated from 25/spl mu/m thick nickel foil. The dynamic and electro-thermal characteristics of the system are analyzed with respect to step responses, actuation/tweezing displacements, applied current/power, actual resistance and overall average temperature. Experiments demonstrate that the fabricated microgripper prototype with design parameters of /spl alpha//sub 0/ = 30/spl deg/, /spl beta//sub 0/ = 40/spl deg/, h/sub 0/ = 0/spl mu/m, and /spl lscr/ = 1.2 mm achieves tweezing displacement of 11.84/spl mu/m (tweezing gap of 23.68/spl mu/m) for an applied voltage and current of 1.41V and 0.15A, respectively. This experimental observation agrees with the predicted displacements from the kinematic model of 11.66 /spl mu/m. These preliminary results lay a foundation for developing micro grasping end-effectors for microrobotic and microassembly applications.
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