Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 10, 2017 - May 13, 2017
In this research we suggest an electromagnet-based micro-manipulation system. The manipulator, of regular cuboid shape with square base, is suspended with crossed stainless steel rods from a framework. Four electromagnets are placed on the legs of the framework, facing the permanent magnets. By controlling the current through the electromagnets, the electromagnetic force between each pair of magnets controls the movement of the manipulator. In verification experiments, we were able to achieve precise motion control within a square area of 200 μm × 200 μm.
Further improvements to the system are currently being made by introducing a PSD based measurement system instead of the current image-based positioning system. With the introduction of the laser-based measurement, we intend to increase the measurement accuracy down to ~1.5μm.
