Design and development of workstation for microparts manipulation and assembly

Kunt E. D., NASKALİ A. T., Khalil I. S. M., Sabanovic A., Yüksel E.

Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, vol.19, no.6, pp.973-992, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 19 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/elk-1005-566
  • Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.973-992
  • Keywords: Microassembly, Microassembly workstation, Micromanipulation
  • Galatasaray University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this paper, microassembly system design issues are discussed with requirements, constraints and necessities for the development of an assembly platform, and these issues are shown over a versatile and reconfigurable microassembly workstation which is designed and realized as a research tool for investigation of the problems in microassembly and micromanipulation tasks. First prototype of a workstation and the development of a second prototype with enhancements on mechanical and control structure of the system are presented with details on the configuration of the systems. In addition, several experiments using a workstation are presented both on the first and the second prototypes in different modes of operation such as tele-operated, semi-automated and fully automated by means of visual feedback. © TÜBITAK.