Dielectrophoresis Non Contact Manipulation

Non-contact manipulation is a way to perform micro-objets positioning without adhesion perturbations. This video shows a top view of a non contact micromanipulation using negative dielectrophoresis (DEP). The microgripper’s end-effectors are in silicon with gold electrodes, and the manipulated gl balls are around 20µm diameter. An alternative tension (20V p-p) is applied between electrodes on each end-effectors to applied a negative DEP force on the object.

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