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Trends in Nanohandling

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Automated Nanohandling by Microrobots

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The handling of micro- and nanoscale objects is an important current trend in robotics. It is often referred to as nanohandling, having in mind the range of aspired positioning accuracy. The Greek word “nanos” (dwarf) refers to the physical unit of a nanometer = 1 nm = 10−9m. In this book, we understand nanohandling as the manipulation of microscale and nanoscale objects of different nature with an accuracy in the (sub-) nanometer range, which may include their finding, grasping, moving, tracking, releasing, positioning, pushing, pulling, cutting, bending, twisting, etc. Additionally, different characterization methods, e.g., indenting or scratching on the nanoscale, measurement of different features of the object, requiring probe positioning with nanometer accuracy, structuring or shaping of nanostructures, and generally all kinds of changes to matter at nanolevel could also be defined as nanohandling in the broadest sense.

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Fatikow, S. (2008). Trends in Nanohandling. In: Fatikow, S. (eds) Automated Nanohandling by Microrobots. Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-978-1_1

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