An atlas of 98 microgrippers that recently appeared in Literature is herein presented by
using four different forms:(a) a restyled layout of the original mechanical structure,(b) its …

Micromanipulation is a hot topic due to its enabling role in various research fields. In order to
perform a high precision operation at a small scale, compliant mechanisms have been …

This article provides an overview of the operational strategies adopted in microgrippers
design. The review covers microgrippers recently proposed in Literature, some of which …

The fabrication of a novel class of microgrippers is demonstrated by means of bulk
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology using silicon on insulator wafer …

Although tissue and cell manipulation nowadays is a common task in biomedical analysis,
there are still many different ways to accomplish it, most of which are still not sufficiently …

In the last decades, grippers have been employed extensively at the microscale, for
example, in microbiology and in microassembly. In these fields, specifically, it is essential to …

As many studies show, there is a relation between the tissue's mechanical characteristics
and some specific diseases. Knowing this relationship would help early diagnosis or …

Progress in MEMS technology continuously stimulates new developments in the mechanical
structure of micro systems, such as, for example, the concept of so-called CSFH (conjugate …

In this paper, a microsystem with prescribed functional capabilities is designed and
simulated. In particular, the development of a straight line path generator micro electro …

The demand of miniaturized, accurate and robust micro-tools for minimally invasive surgery
or in general for micro-manipulation, has grown tremendously in recent years. To meet this …