Fabrication and Evaluation of Flexible Microgripper
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 33 (4R)
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.33.2107
Abstract
A new concept of a microgripper using Lorentz force actuation and electrothermal bimorph actuation is presented here. Design, theoretical consideration, fabrication process and characterization results are presented. Many free-standing fingers, ranging from 200 µ m to 1000 µ m in length, have been fabricated successfully by the micromachining process. We have observed the low driving voltage performance and the flexible finger motion of the flexible microgripper (FMG) under the microscope. A 210 µ m deflection of a 1000-µm-long finger was obtained at the input voltage of 1 V.Keywords
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