Micro Grabber Three Dimensions
MEMS Precision Instruments
Current Available Design sizes according to requests.
The 3-D grabber has 5 fingers. As the device is moved towards an object to be grabbed,
the 4 compliant fingers in the horizontal plane encounter it first. These fingers grip the
object (such as a block) and hold onto it when the 5th finger, in the vertical plane,
reaches the object and pries it loose from the surface it is stuck to. The block is now
held securly and can resist ambient moments and forces from all directions.
The block can now be transferred to a desired target location that is
sticky enough to hold the block so it can slip out of the grip of the grabber.
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