Shape memory alloy microactuator systems

Stephanus Buettgenbach; Juergen Hesselbach

doi:10.1117/12.298042

1 January 1998 Shape memory alloy microactuator systems

Stephanus Buettgenbach, Juergen Hesselbach

Proceedings Volume 3202, Microrobotics and Microsystem Fabrication; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298042
Event: Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing, 1997, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Abstract

Shape memory alloys have the potential to become a material of great importance for miniature actuators that can be applied to the handling of sub-mm parts, biological engineering, and microsurgery. This paper reports on two shape memory microactuator systems under development in our laboratories, namely microgrippers and artificial muscle actuators.

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Stephanus Buettgenbach and Juergen Hesselbach "Shape memory alloy microactuator systems", Proc. SPIE 3202, Microrobotics and Microsystem Fabrication, (1 January 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298042

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