抄録
In this study we focus on diamond as a structural material for micromechanisms. Diamond is the hardest material on the earth, and has superior antifriction and anticorrosion characteristics. If diamond were applied to a micromechanism, an almost maintenance-free component which requires only a few component exchanges could be fabricated. We have already developed a diamond end effector for micromanipulators, and have obtained several promising results [1]. In this study, we added a reversal mechanism to the positioning unit of this micromanipulator to increase efficiency in assembly tasks, and modified the design of the diamond end effector accordingly.
