Microrobots Assembling a Planar Microstructure

Video of four stress-engineered microrobots assembling a planar structure, recorded through an optical microscope. The dimensions of each robot are 260 x 60 x 10 micrometers, and the dimensions of the final assembled shape are (approximately) 260 x 240 x 10 micrometers. The assembly is performed entirely within a 2 mm squared area. Compliance, as well a motion planning control strategy are used to ensure high docking accuracy. All robots are controlled using a single global control signal, provided through the operating environment.

More information can be found here:
http://www.cs.duke.edu/donaldlab/Supplementary/jmems08/

[1] B. R. Donald, C. G. Levey and I. Paprotny. "Planar Microassembly by Parallel Actuation of MEMS Microrobots." Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems,2008 (Accepted; In press).

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Microrobots
• MEMS
• Multi-robotic
• systems
• Scratch-drives

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How big are these robots?