N. Suzuki, A. Nakamura, E. Shamoto, K. Harada, M. Matsuo, M. Osada
{"title":"Ultraprecision micromachining of hardened steel by applying ultrasonic elliptical vibration cutting","authors":"N. Suzuki, A. Nakamura, E. Shamoto, K. Harada, M. Matsuo, M. Osada","doi":"10.1109/MHS.2003.1249936","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2003.1249936","url":null,"abstract":"Ultraprecision micromachining of hardened steel with a single point diamond tool, which is practically impossible due to rapid tool wear, is realized by applying elliptical vibration cutting technology which has been developed by the authors. A practical ultrasonic elliptical vibration cutting system is developed in the present research, which consists of a practical vibration control system and an ultraprecision planning machine. The control system is fabricated to keep the elliptical vibration to have a desired locus, where the amplitudes of the two directional vibrations and their phase shift are kept to be desired values, and the vibration frequency is locked to an average value of their resonant frequencies. The vibration control system is mounted on the on the ultraprecision planning machine, which consists of three feed tables with double hydrostatic oil guideways in XYZ axes, two rotary index tables in BC axes and a five axis control system. The developed elliptical vibration cutting system is applied to ultraprecision diamond planning of hardened die steel, and a high quality mirror surface is obtained over a large area of the whole finished surface. Maximum roughness of the finished surface is less than 0.04 /spl mu/m Ry, although the cutting distance reaches 1110 m. On the other hand, the surface finished by ordinary cutting without the vibration, is cloudy with maximum roughness of more than 0.52 /spl mu/m Ry, within a cutting distance of 1 m. Based on this advantage, the elliptical vibration cutting system is successfully applied to ultraprecision micromachining of dies for a front light panel of LCD. An optical quality surface with fine microgrooves over a large area of 122 /spl times/ 91 mm/sup 2/ and with surface roughness of less than 0.04 /spl mu/m Ry is obtained by the developed system, which is difficult for any conventional machining methods including grinding, polishing and ordinary cutting.","PeriodicalId":358698,"journal":{"name":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123417407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-assembly of micro parts by controlling the environmental parameters","authors":"M. Hori, S. Hashimoto","doi":"10.1109/MHS.2003.1249931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2003.1249931","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a novel design for self-assembly with milli-scaled components and investigate a relation between the yield rate and environmental parameters such as the external force using different binding faces. In the first experiment, we demonstrate a production of a distributed micro-motor array by a self-assembly. By giving a vibration to the substrate, columnar iron parts with 1 mm length and 0.5 mm diameter are trapped in the holes that are stable sites in terms of gravitational potentials at the yield rate of more than 80%. We then achieved to drive the micro-motor array selectively. In the second experiment, we demonstrate a self-assembly of 3D structures with two kinds of parts. We use a surface tension as a binding force, and control the orientation and the selectivity of binding by a triangular copper binding face and a complementary shape of component. Our experiments show the promising results for applications of the proposed self-assembly systems in micro-machine production.","PeriodicalId":358698,"journal":{"name":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134554146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self repairing materials and reliability of industrial goods: nature-guided engineering","authors":"K. Takeda","doi":"10.1109/MHS.2003.1249880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2003.1249880","url":null,"abstract":"\"Repair\" is indispensable for man-made machines and apparatuses at their inevitable breakdown. On the other hand, almost all living species, which have been selected through their evolution over a hundred million years, are not taken their lives by deterioration or damages of their parts of the bodies. This paper presents and summarizes: 1) man-made materials which repair them automatically with pseudo-respiration or pseudo-metabolism like them in a living body, 2) the reliability of man-made machine and apparatus composed of the self-repair materials, and 3) the comparison of protection systems in a living body and a man-made functional system as well as the examples of self-repairing materials and the concept of \"active protection system\" and \"passive protection system\".","PeriodicalId":358698,"journal":{"name":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125186614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy consumption of piezoelectric actuators for inertial drives","authors":"W. Driesen, A. Bergander, T. Varidel, J. Breguet","doi":"10.1109/MHS.2003.1249909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2003.1249909","url":null,"abstract":"Energy consumption is a major issue for inertial drives with piezoelectric actuators that are integrated in autonomous devices. This paper discusses some theoretical aspects and some experimental results about the energy consumption of inertial drives with piezoelectric actuators. For a given velocity the energy consumption per traveled distance should be minimized. The step efficiency of inertial drives is deduced and should be optimized. Next, the trade-off between driving voltage and driving frequency is discussed. Some scale effects of piezo actuators for inertial drives are shortly discussed. Mechanical amplification increases step sizes, but at the same time lowers the actuator stiffness and so it lowers the limit of the driving frequency. The developed theory is illustrated with experimental results pf four prototypes of a micro robotic platform based on stick-slip motion.","PeriodicalId":358698,"journal":{"name":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128919357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Skill-based micromanipulation system for assembly operation","authors":"Zhiqi Liu, T. Nakamura","doi":"10.1109/MHS.2003.1249932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2003.1249932","url":null,"abstract":"A micromanipulation system has been developed in the author's lab, and it can realize many basic microassembly operations. The paper describes how to expand its functions and strengthen its flexibility and reliability based on the skill-based method. The skill primitive is the sensor-based robot motion. Users can compile the assembly task based on these skill primitives in a file. Then the system can automatically execute the assembly task. During the assembly process, users can manage the workflow of the assembly tasks, for example, to suspend the assembly operation or insert new assembly skills for possible adjustment or error recovery. Experimental results show the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed microassembly system.","PeriodicalId":358698,"journal":{"name":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126469426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compounding to new functional PVA gel and evaluation of its material properties","authors":"K. Yagi, M. Tokuda, K. Nishimoto","doi":"10.1109/MHS.2003.1249930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2003.1249930","url":null,"abstract":"Several chemo-mechanical functions of high molecular polymers were studied for the biomimetic properties, sensor and switch function, enormous actuator and output energies as possible candidates for energy transducers etc. So, poly-vinyl alcohol (PVA) and poly-sodium-acrylic (PAA - Na) carboxyl group containing PVA were selected as raw-materials from a number of high molecules materials for making up new type gels, especially design of functional hydrogel. The reason why it is PVA gel is several kinds of properties with soft, strength, 3D meshes structure etc. and other PAA - Na gel were possessed of organic radical, ionization, polarize by electronics field etc. For this PAV-PAA-Na hydrogel, tensile tests and swelling examination were carried out in wet condition. The gels microstructure was observed by SEM observation. Many interesting results were found out, so swelling mechanism, various mechanical properties and microstructure of hydrogel was evaluated.","PeriodicalId":358698,"journal":{"name":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128558450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Oshiro, S. Kato, K. Watabe, T. Yamakita, K. Kimura, H. Itoh
{"title":"A vision-based talker distinction system for human-robot communication","authors":"S. Oshiro, S. Kato, K. Watabe, T. Yamakita, K. Kimura, H. Itoh","doi":"10.1109/MHS.2003.1249912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2003.1249912","url":null,"abstract":"A novel robot, Ifbot, which can communicate with human by joyful conversation and emotional facial expression, has been developed by our industry-university joint research project. In this paper, as the fundamental technology of Ifbot for the robot-human interaction, we propose an image processing method for real-time face tracking and talker distinction.","PeriodicalId":358698,"journal":{"name":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115260774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/MHS.2003.1249876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MHS.2003.1249876","url":null,"abstract":"The following topics are dealt with: microactuators; micromachines; magnetic thin films; piezoelectric actuators; human machine interface; sensibility technology communication robot; face recognition; bio and medical systems; diaphragm-type optical fiber pressure sensor; biological micromanipulation system development; microfabrication; micromechanical devices; microcomponents; micromachining; humanoid robots; robotic manipulator; microrobots; intelligent motion control; and magnetic actuator fabrication.","PeriodicalId":358698,"journal":{"name":"MHS2003. Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8717)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122912534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}