Electricity: motive power systems – Positional servo systems – Program- or pattern-controlled systems
Patent
1994-10-18
1997-01-21
Martin, David S.
Electricity: motive power systems
Positional servo systems
Program- or pattern-controlled systems
36442402, 395 93, 395 94, 901 1, B25J 500
Patent
active
055962556
ABSTRACT:
A method of and an apparatus for guiding a microrobot without the necessity of an operator is disclosed. The operation area for the microrobot can easily be enlarged, contracted or changed. Sensors of the microrobot are used to cause the microrobot to react to light, magnetism or sound through an arbitrary passage formed on a surface of a light transmissible base plate, on which the microrobot is moved. The passage is formed by projecting light emitted from a light source through a pattern mask from an opposite side of the base plate.
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Martin David S.
Seiko Epson Corporation
Tsiang Harold T.
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