doi: 10.3850/978-981-11-0749-8_713
Programmable Platform Design and its Electrodes Activation Algorithm for Microparts Motion
Kritikou Georgia and Aspragathos Nikos
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece
Abstract
A programmable platform with conductive electrodes, for the manipulation of microparts, is studied. A new design for a flexible platform is proposed expanding our previous work. For the new platform design the horizontal electrostatic force applied by an activated platform electrode to the corresponding micropart electrode is determined, using capacitors theory and F.E.M. analysis. The horizontal electrostatic force acting on the micropart is used along with a new algorithm for the activation of the electrodes of the platform to simulate the motion of the micropart. The results of the simulation including the motion of the micropart, the applied force and its velocity profile are presented and discussed and the paper ends with the conclusions and future work.
Keywords: Microparts manipulation, Electrostatic force, F.E.M., Activation algorithm, Motion.
