International Federation for Information Processing

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Micro Handling and Feeding Techniques.- Design of a Capillary Gripper for a Submillimetric Application.- Multi-Axes Micro Gripper for the Handling and Alignment of Flexible Micro Parts.- Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a Flexible System Based on Thermal Glue for in Air and in SEM Microassembly.- Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Electrostatic Micro-Gripping System.- A Generic Approach for a Micro Parts Feeding System.- Pneumatic Contactless Feeder for Microassembly.- Robotics and Robot Applications for Precision Assembly.- "Parvus" a Micro-Parallel-Scara Robot for Desktop Assembly Lines.- Methods for Comparing Servo Grippers for Mini and Micro Assembly Applications.- Compliant Parallel Robots.- Test Environment for High-Performance Precision Assembly - Development and Preliminary Tests.- Sensor Guided Micro Assembly by Using Laser-Scanning Technology.- High Speed and Low Weight Micro Actuators for High Precision Assembly Applications.- Design and Planning for Microassembly.- Automated Assembly Planning Based on Skeleton Modelling Strategy.- Morphological Classification of Hybrid Microsystems Assembly.- First Steps in Integrating Micro-Assembly Features into Industrially used DFA Software.- Tolerance Budgeting in a Novel Coarse-Fine Strategy for Micro-Assembly.- The Importance of Concept and Design Visualisation in the Production of an Automated Assembly and Test Machine.- Development of Passive Alignment Techniques for the Assembly of Hybrid Microsystems.- Modular Assembly Systems and Control Applications.- Miniature Reconfigurable Assembly Line for Small Products.- Conception of a Scalable Production for Micro-Mechatronical Products.- Towards an Integrated Assembly Process Decomposition and Modular Equipment Configuration.- Evolvable Skills forAssembly Systems.- Toward the Vision Based Supervision of Microfactories Through Images Mosaicing.- Precision Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Positioning Systems.- Economic Aspects of Microassembly.- What is the Best Way to Increase Efficiency in Precision Assembly?.- Life Cycle and Cost Analysis for Modular Re-Configurable Final Assembly Systems.- Impact of Bad Components on Costs and Productivity in Automatic Assembly.- Microassembly - Solutions and Applications.- The Reliable Application of Average and Highly Viscous Media.- Laser Sealed Packaging for Microsystems.- Modelling and Characterisation of an Ortho-Planar Micro-Valve.- Microhandling and Assembly: The Project Assemic.