DYNAMIC-MODEL OF MICRO-MANIPULATION USING ADHESION

The emergence of new microtechnologies to be used in micro-world appli cations raises an increasing interest in micro-scale manipulations. 3D assembling of micro-machines by means of contacts and bonds between p ieces of different different materials and geometries is an example of the new challenge in micro-systems. Micro-scale manipulations imply a knowledge and control of micro-contact mechanics phenomena. Our aim i s to understand the mechanical phenomenon at the micro-scale level, to anticipate the manipulation by increasing or decreasing the sticking effect and to define and develop new manipulation skills using adhesio n. Thus, a dynamic model of a micro-manipulation is presented and some simulations are discussed. (C) Academie des Sciences/Elsevier Paris.