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Volume 17, Issue 2
1 June 1997
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Assembly Automation
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Technical Paper| June 01 1997

European project develops “ice” gripper for micro‐sized components

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-4078
Print ISSN: 0144-5154
© MCB UP Limited
1997
Assembly Automation (1997) 17 (2): 114–115.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01445159710171310

Reports on the development of a robot gripper for the handling of small components measuring between 0.1 and 5mm, using the adhesive property of ice. Describes the testing of a prototype, which achieved high reliability.

Keywords: Automation, Grippers, Microelectronics, Robots
© MCB UP Limited
1997
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