Automated novel high-accuracy miniaturized positioning system for use in analytical instrumentation

Konstadinos Siomos; John Kaliakatsos; Manolis Apostolakis; John Lianakis; Peter Duenow

doi:10.1117/12.229513

8 January 1996 Automated novel high-accuracy miniaturized positioning system for use in analytical instrumentation

Konstadinos Siomos, John Kaliakatsos, Manolis Apostolakis, John Lianakis, Peter Duenow

Proceedings Volume 2629, Biomedical Optoelectronics in Clinical Chemistry and Biotechnology; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229513
Event: BiOS Europe '95, 1995, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

The development of three-dimensional automotive devices (micro-robots) for applications in analytical instrumentation, clinical chemical diagnostics and advanced laser optics, depends strongly on the ability of such a device: firstly to be positioned with high accuracy, reliability, and automatically, by means of user friendly interface techniques; secondly to be compact; and thirdly to operate under vacuum conditions, free of most of the problems connected with conventional micropositioners using stepping-motor gear techniques. The objective of this paper is to develop and construct a mechanically compact computer-based micropositioning system for coordinated motion in the X-Y-Z directions with: (1) a positioning accuracy of less than 1 micrometer, (the accuracy of the end-position of the system is controlled by a hard/software assembly using a self-constructed optical encoder); (2) a heat-free propulsion mechanism for vacuum operation; and (3) synchronized X-Y motion.

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Konstadinos Siomos, John Kaliakatsos, Manolis Apostolakis, John Lianakis, and Peter Duenow "Automated novel high-accuracy miniaturized positioning system for use in analytical instrumentation", Proc. SPIE 2629, Biomedical Optoelectronics in Clinical Chemistry and Biotechnology, (8 January 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229513

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