5 accepted papers
Soft robotic manipulators are generally slow despite their great adaptability, resilience, and compliance. This limitation also extends to current soft robotic micromanipulators. Here, we introduce FilMBot, a 3-DOF film-based, electromagnetically actuated, soft kinematic robotic micromanipulator achi…
In this paper, we report a cooperative manipulation method for non-contact robotic electromagnetic needle manipulation system. We employ two 3 degrees of freedom (DOF) robotic electromagnetic needles to achieve an over-actuated manipulator, which can move the particle to any position in the planar w
Gel-like matter is used extensively in a wide range of application fields including industrial applications such as the manufactory and assembly of garment and footwear products, soft macro/micro-robotics, medical diagnostics, and drug delivery. However, the manipulation of gel-like matter is very c
Recently, micro-assembly of individual photonic elements has been highly attracting to provide new optical functionalities and products with high performances. This approach requires position control in free space and contact detection in constrained space. In both cases, getting accurate measuremen
High positioning accuracy is a crucial need to perform successfully complex tasks such as micromanipulation and microassembly. This especially enables to provide high performances or to propose new functionalities/products, notably for integrated optical devices. The objective of the letter is to al