Micro-nano two-fingered hybrid manipulator hand

Ahmed A. Ramadan, Kenji Inoue, Tatsuo Arai, Tomohito Takubo, Izumi Hatta

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Abstract

The description of the architecture for a new compact but yet economical micro-nano two-fingered hybrid manipulator hand is presented. This hand consists of two 3-DOF parallel mechanisms, upper and lower, connected in series. Each of them consists of a parallel kinematics chain with a glass pipette as an end effector. It is driven by three piezo-electric actuators in the three legs of the parallel kinematics chain. Each leg has the structure of Prismatic-Revolute-Spherical (PRS) joint structure. For long lengths of glass pipette end effector, this hand can be used as micro-manipulator and it can be used as nano-manipulator for short lengths. Based on the inverse kinematics solution, a simulation program is built to optimally choose the design parameters. A proposed Computer Aided Design (CAD) model based on optimal parameters is built and realized. Also the system hardware setup of the micro-nano hand, its calibrated practical jacobian inverse matrices, its calibrated workspace volume, and its error analysis are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2007 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS
Pages32-37
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2007 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: 11 Nov 200714 Nov 2007

Publication series

Name2007 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS

Conference

Conference2007 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNagoya
Period11/11/0714/11/07

Keywords

  • Hybrid mechanisms
  • Kinematics analysis
  • Micro-nano manipulation

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