Nanofactory : Ultra high precision parallel manipulator family with 3 to 6 degrees of freedom
Top Nano 21 Project n° 5737.2
 
In order to build the nanofactory of tomorrow, it is essential to be able to choose from a 3 to 6 degrees of freedom (dof) very high precision manipulators family. The applications for such manipulators include optical and optoelectronic elements, fibers and lens positioning, scanning and assembly, as well as biological cell manipulation.
 

Mecartex was in collaboration for this project with :

- EPFL-IPR-LSRO (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

- SYSMELEC

- HEIDENHAIN

- MECANEX

- CSEM

- SIG DEMAUREX

 

This project is finished yet, and a product was developed out of this research. (see MX6000 on product page).

-- Patent pending --
 
Some results obtained during the project :
the prototype design
The prototype design
example of trajectory
An example of trajectory
Fiber alignment application
An application of fiber alignment done in 1 sec on a region of 200x200mm
 
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