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Experimental Evaluation of Microrobot Positioning Accuracy

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This article discusses the potential applications of robotic micropositioning systems in applications ranging from industry to research. The demand for micropositioning systems is increasing due to the rapid development of the technology and its wide range of applications. This paper describes a general-purpose microobject manipulation platform consisting of a microtool control system and a microobject detection/recognition system. The development of the manipulation tool is discussed, and experimental studies on micropositioning are carried out. The workflow, accuracy, repeatability, and resonant frequencies of the system are the most important precision characteristics required for the design of the manipulation system under development. The paper concludes with the results of the investigations and the technical characteristics of the microobject manipulation platform.

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This research was supported by the Lithuania-Latvia-China (Taiwan) program project “Development and application of a microrobot based on image recognition and machine learning to study single living cells” project no. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718-03-0063.

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    Jurga Subačiūtė-Žemaitienė, Andrius Dzedzickis, Vytautas Bučinskas & Rokas Bagdonas

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Jurga Subačiūtė-Žemaitienė, Dzedzickis, A., Bučinskas, V. et al. Experimental Evaluation of Microrobot Positioning Accuracy. Aut. Control Comp. Sci. 57, 439–448 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0146411623050103

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