• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.31 no.1 s.256
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• pp.62-69
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• 2007

Micromanipulator is a device that manipulates an object with high precision. Generally, a parallel-type robot has inherently higher precision than a serial-type robot. In most cases, the use of flexure hinge mechanisms is the most appropriate approach to micromanipulators. The micromanipulator is basically required that have high natural frequency and sufficient workspace. However, previous designs are hard to satisfy the required workspace and natural frequency, simultaneously, because the previous micromanipulators are coupled designs. Therefore, this paper suggests a new design parameter as displacement amplifier and new design procedure based on semi-coupled design in axiomatic design. As a consequence the spatial 3-DOF micromanipulator which is chosen as an exemplary device has natural frequency of 500Hz and workspace of $-0.5^{\circ}{\sim}0.5^{\circ}$. To investigate the effectiveness of the displacement amplifier, simulation and experiment are performed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.333-338
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• 2002

자기베어링의 회전정밀도에 영향을 미치는 인자로 PWM 전력증폭기, 위치 센서 등과 같은 자기베어링 구성 장치의 동특성 및 정밀도, 시스템의 정확한 모델링, 제어기법, 런아웃 등이 있다. 본 연구에서는 능동 자기베어링을 제어하기 위해 자기베어링의 PWM 전력증폭기와 회전축을 모델링하고 이를 바탕으로 능동 자기베어링 제어를 위한 PID 제어기를 구성하였으며, 변위 센서의 부착위치 및 회전축의 진원도의 영향으로 발생하는 주기적인 런아웃 요소를 첨가하여 런아웃의 영향을 확인하였으며, 런아웃 (Runout)에 의해 발생하는 에러(Error)를 효과적으로 제어하여 자기베어링의 제어 정밀도를 향상시키기 위한 방법으로 기본적인 PID 제어기에 최소평균자승(Least Mean Square, LMS) 알고리즘을 적용한 적응 피드포워드 제어기를 구성하여 자기베어링의 능동 제어에서 발생하는 주기적인 런아웃을 효과적으로 제어할 수 있음을 MATLAB을 통한 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인하였다.

• Composites Research
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.7-12
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• 2009

This paper deals with a fabrication method of composite hinge mechanisms for flapping-wing micro air vehicles. The fabrication process includes curing process of Graphite/Epoxyprepregs, laser cutting for high fabrication repeatability, laminating of Graphite/Epoxy prepregs with Kapton film which is used for flexure, and so on. The fabricated hinge mechanism was attached with PUMPS actuators and the measured flapping angle was $173^{\circ}$ when driving voltage was 300V 170Hz.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.127-133
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• 2009

We present a $3-{\underline{P}}RS$ compliant parallel manipulator actuated by PZTs. The motion ranges are $400-{\mu}m$ translation to the z-direction and 5.7-mrad rotation about any axis on the x-y plane. A mechanical amplifier whose advantage is approximately 5.5 is designed and integrated with flexure revolute and spherical joints in a monolithic way. We evaluated the performance of the system: kinematic and dynamic characteristics. In kinematic point of view, the flexures play the roles of conventional mechanism but any nonlinearity such as dead-zone and backlash, which make it possible to achieve the steady-state resolution less than $0.1{\mu}m$. The system shows resonance near 86 Hz with high magnitude and, therefore, poor transient response. But the settling is faster when the flexures are strained higher.