Objective
The main goal of the MINIMAN project is the development of a new microrobot system with a size of a few cubic centimetres which must take over the high-precision operations, assisted by a sensoric process monitoring and the appropriate control. The whole process takes place under a microscope equipped with a CCD-camera, in order to ensure the feedback for the system control based on the visual information. The realization of the above tasks demands for high-precision positioning (up to 10 nm) and an unrestricted freedom of movement in the working space. Advanced and very precise actuators with small dimensions, simple mechanical construction and high reliability must be developed to give the robot both of these capabilities. Specific endeffectors (different grippers, needles, pipettes, glue applicators, electric probes or biosensoric tips) and a simple concept for the tool exchange should also be available.
Because the capabilities of the human hand are very restricted, smart micromanipulation systems for high-precision manipulation are becoming of great interest in medicine and industry. In medical research for example it is often necessary to pick up a single cell, which is marked by colour, and to carry it to an apparature which is used for further analysis of the cell.
Another task is the insertion of microneedle enzyme electrodes into biological environments, e.g. for the detection of oxygen, glucose and lactate. In industry, high-precision manipulation systems are needed especially for the mass production of hybrid microsystems, which consist of different microcomponents. The transition from a few hybrid microsystems assembled manually to mass products with high quality is only attainable by automated assembly systems. Another application is testing of integrated circuits which can be performed by exchanging the manipulation tool by an eletric probe.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology materials engineering colors
- natural sciences physical sciences optics microscopy
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins enzymes
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Coordinator
KARLSRUHE
Germany
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