Cappelleri, David (Stevens Institute of Technology), Fatovic, Michael (Stevens Institute of Technology), Shah, Utsav Dinesh (Stevens Institute of Technology)

Caging Micromanipulation for Automated Microassembly

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Sessions "Micro-Nano Robots II" (WeA206), Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 10:05−10:20, Room 5A

2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 9-13, 2011, Shanghai International Conference Center, Shanghai, China

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Abstract

This paper introduces the concept of caging micromanipulation for use in automated open loop microassembly tasks. Utilizing a caging transport motion primitive along with rotational and translation primitives, we demonstrate full control of the state of the part. Additionally, a framework for planar microassembly task planning is provided based on the A* algorithm. It is used to determine the optimal assembly sequences and part starting locations in the workspace. We also describe a test-bed suitable for planar micro, meso-scale, and nano-scale manipulation and assembly tasks and present simulation and experimental results of this work.