The Actuation Mechanism of 3D Printed Flexure-Based Robotic Microtweezers

We report on the design and the modeling of a three-dimensional (3D) printed flexure-based actuation mechanism for robotic microtweezers, the main body of which is a single piece of nylon. Our design aims to fill a void in sample manipulation between two classes of widely used instruments: nano-scal...

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Main Authors: Alexander Almeida, George Andrews, Devina Jaiswal, Kazunori Hoshino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/7/470