NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements
The aim of this project is to develop the smallest and most sophisticated wireless fully autonomous instrumented robot capable of subatomic movements. The robot named 'NanoWalker' should bring a new paradigm in the way instruments are built while providing a sophisticated platform for a ne...
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| author | Martel, Sylvain Madden, Peter Sosnowski, Luke P. Hunter, Ian Lafontaine, Serge R. |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Martel, Sylvain Madden, Peter Sosnowski, Luke P. Hunter, Ian Lafontaine, Serge R. |
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| description | The aim of this project is to develop the smallest and most sophisticated wireless fully autonomous instrumented robot capable of subatomic movements. The robot named 'NanoWalker' should bring a new paradigm in the way instruments are built while providing a sophisticated platform for a new range of applications. The project involves primarily the investigation of a new legged locomotion based on piezo-actuators with advanced micro-assembly techniques applied to complex embedded electronic systems; the development of new miniature instruments, micro-manipulators, integrated behavior for controlling, searching and scanning at the atomic scale; and the development of a subatomic navigation system. Besides all the new technologies and techniques that we intend to develop and which will be applicable to many areas and systems, the NanoWalker should provide a suitable yet more flexible and powerful platform compared to traditional macro-scaled instruments. It is anticipated that this new form of highly integrated autonomous microsystem will be used as the main building block for a new generation of measurement and inspection systems. In this paper, the main components of the NanoWalker are briefly described. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1072512022-09-26T12:47:48Z NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements Martel, Sylvain Madden, Peter Sosnowski, Luke P. Hunter, Ian Lafontaine, Serge R. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Martel, Sylvain Madden, Peter Sosnowski, Luke P. Hunter, Ian Lafontaine, Serge R. The aim of this project is to develop the smallest and most sophisticated wireless fully autonomous instrumented robot capable of subatomic movements. The robot named 'NanoWalker' should bring a new paradigm in the way instruments are built while providing a sophisticated platform for a new range of applications. The project involves primarily the investigation of a new legged locomotion based on piezo-actuators with advanced micro-assembly techniques applied to complex embedded electronic systems; the development of new miniature instruments, micro-manipulators, integrated behavior for controlling, searching and scanning at the atomic scale; and the development of a subatomic navigation system. Besides all the new technologies and techniques that we intend to develop and which will be applicable to many areas and systems, the NanoWalker should provide a suitable yet more flexible and powerful platform compared to traditional macro-scaled instruments. It is anticipated that this new form of highly integrated autonomous microsystem will be used as the main building block for a new generation of measurement and inspection systems. In this paper, the main components of the NanoWalker are briefly described. Seaver Institute 2017-03-09T16:46:35Z 2017-03-09T16:46:35Z 1999-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 9780819433114 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107251 Martel, Sylvain M. et al. “NanoWalker: A Fully Autonomous Highly Integrated Miniature Robot for Nanoscale;” Ed. SPIE, 1999. 111–122. © 1999 SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8251-5432 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-2199 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.364292 Proceedings of SPIE--the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf SPIE SPIE |
| spellingShingle | Martel, Sylvain Madden, Peter Sosnowski, Luke P. Hunter, Ian Lafontaine, Serge R. NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements |
| title | NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements |
| title_full | NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements |
| title_fullStr | NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements |
| title_full_unstemmed | NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements |
| title_short | NanoWalker: a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements |
| title_sort | nanowalker a fully autonomous highly integrated miniature robot for nanoscale measurements |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107251 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8251-5432 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2545-2199 |
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