Contact Co-Chairs to Join (see TC website http://rastc-mnra.in2p3.fr ) Fumihito Arai arai@imech.mech.toho

1. Micro / Nano Robotics and Automation TC- Recent advances - Autonomous Robotic Pick-and-Place of 7.5–10.9 μm borosilicate glass spheres in an ambient environment using a MEMS microgripper with a controllable plunging structure to impact a microobject that gains sufficient momentum to overcome adhesion forces. Experimental results demonstrate that the system, for the first time, achieves a 100% success rate in release (which is based on 700 trials) and a release accuracy of 0.45±0.24 μm. The speed is 6 sec/sphere. Reference:Y. Zhang, B.K. Chen, X.Y. Liu, and Y. Sun, "Autonomous robotic pick-and-place of micro objects," IEEE. Trans. Robotics, Vol. 26, pp. 200-207, 2010. Exchangeable and customizable 2–4 μm long and 120–150 nm thin flakes of silicon nitride, so-called NanoBits, have been fabricated and assembled onto AFM probe tips by nanorobotic pick-and-place handling. Reference: R.T. Rajendra Kumar, S.U. Hassan, O. Sardan, V. Eichhorn, F. Krohs, S. Fatikow, P. Bøggild: "Nanobits: customisable scanning probe tips", Nanotechnology, Vol. 20, No. 39, pp. 395703, 2009. 3D integration of hybrid chips through micro-assembly opens a new way for the development and fabrication of MOEMS. Reference: S. Bargiel, K. Rabenorosoa, C. Clévy, C. Gorecki, P. Lutz. “Towards Micro-Assembly of Hybrid MOEMSComponents on Reconfigurable Silicon Free-Space Micro-Optical Bench”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol(20), Issue(4), March 2010. Electrically powered wireless actuation of 3-D helical nanobelts for swimming nanorobots at low Reynolds number. Reference: G. Hwang, S. Haliyo, S. Régnier, “Remotely Powered Propulsion of Helical Nanobelts” Robotics Science and Systems 2010, Zaragoza, Spain, 2010.   Contact Co-Chairs to Join (see TC website http://rastc-mnra.in2p3.fr ) Fumihito Arai arai@imech.mech.tohoku.ac.jp Nicolas Chaillet nicolas.chaillet@femto-st.fr Sylvain Martelsylvain.martel@polymtl.ca