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Mechanical Bistable Structures for Microrobotics and Mesorobotics from Microfabrication to Additive Manufacturing

Guillaume AicheYassine HaddabHussein HusseinPierre RenaudMouna Ben SalemLennart RubbertPhilippe Lutz

subject

Mesorobotics0209 industrial biotechnologyFabricationBistabilityComputer scienceMechanical bistable structuresContext (language use)NanotechnologyCurved beams[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer02 engineering and technologyKey issuesFDM additive manufacturing01 natural sciences[SPI.AUTO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/AutomaticInformatique [cs]/Automatique020901 industrial engineering & automation[INFO.INFO-AU]Computer Science [cs]/Automatic Control Engineering0103 physical sciencesMicrorobotics[INFO.INFO-SY]Computer Science [cs]/Systems and Control [cs.SY][INFO.INFO-RB]Computer Science [cs]/Robotics [cs.RO][SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics010301 acousticsMicroelectromechanical systems[INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and SimulationMEMSMicrofabrication

description

International audience; The use of mechanical bistable structures in the design of microrobots and mesorobots has many advantages especially for flexible robotic structures. However, depending on the fabrication technology used, the adequacy of theoretical and experimental mechanical behaviors can vary widely. In this paper, we present the manufacturing results of bistable structures made with two extensively used contemporary technologies: MEMS and FDM additive manufacturing. Key issues of these fabrication technologies are discussed in the context of microrobotics and mesorobotics applications.

10.1109/marss.2018.8481186https://hal-lirmm.ccsd.cnrs.fr/lirmm-02006548/document