Desktop Microdrilling System by Multiple Miniature Robots
Author(s) -
Hisayuki Aoyama,
S. Tadokoro,
Tomohiro Shigeno
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2001.p0036
Subject(s) - microsystem , microfabrication , factory (object oriented programming) , computer science , task (project management) , manufacturing engineering , robot , embedded system , engineering , systems engineering , fabrication , nanotechnology , materials science , artificial intelligence , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , programming language
Recently the demand for microparts fabrication is increasing because many products are miniaturized due to portable use. A new production system such as a ""Desktop Factory"" is very interesting in microsystem assembly. The microrobots system has the potential to play an important role in such applications with respect to transporting, manipulating, and putting down microobjects. This paper describes a unique system in which many microrobots can collaborate to execute a microdrilling task on the desktop. This micro production system can provide cost saving benefits with accurate and flexible microfabrication.
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