Piezoelectric actuators (PEAs) have been widely used in micro-and nanopositioning
applications due to their fine resolution, fast responses, and large actuating forces. However …

As automation is spreading in all the industry domains, the presence of robots is becoming
unavoidable inside factories, warehouses and manufacturing facilities. Although a great …

Piezo-electric actuators (PEAs) have been widely used in nanopositioning applications due
to their high stiffness, fast responses, and large actuating forces. However, the existence of …

In this paper, the design of a discrete-time sliding-mode controller based on Lyapunov
theory is presented along with a robust disturbance observer and is applied to a piezostage …

Pushing micro-objects using point contact provides more flexibility and less complexity
compared to pick and place operation. Due to the fact that in micro-world surface forces are …

In this paper, tracking control problem of piezoelectric actuator because of hysteresis effect
is considered. The controller consists of two part: feedforward control part and sliding mode …

There has been an increasing demand for miniaturization of products in the last decades. As
a result of that, miniaturization and micro systems have become an important topic of …

In this paper, an open-architecture, reconfigurable microassembly workstation for efficient
and reliable assembly of micromachined parts is presented. The workstation is designed to …

This article provides in-depth knowledge about our undergoing effort to develop an open
architecture micromanipulation system with force sensing capabilities. The major …

In this paper, a versatile and reconfigurable microassembly workstation designed and
realized as a research tool for investigation of the problems in microassembly and …