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Robotic Handling at Nanoscale

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 at 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

  • In-person event
  • 4124 Mackenzie, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

Presenter: Sergej Fatikow
Full Professor, Dr.-Ing. habil.
Head, Division for Micro­robotics & Control Engineering (AMiR)
University of Oldenburg, Germany
Web: https://uol.de/en/computingscience/amir/people/prof-dr-ing-habil-sergej-fatikow

Abstract:  Current research activities in AMiR focus on high-precision microrobotics for industrial applications and automation of nanomaterial handling at nanoscale. The areas of research include the development of nanohandling robots and systems; automated nanohandling (= manipulation with accuracies in the nm-range); control methods for fast nanopositioning; sensor feedback at nanoscale, etc. Prof. Fatikow introduces the rapidly developing research field of high-precision microrobotics, the motivation, and the key research problems. He addresses current work in his lab on the robotic nanohandling cell inside a scanning electron microscope. The latter serves as a powerful vision sensor and the workspace for high-precision microrobots. The main focus of the talk is on current research projects in AMiR and related industrial applications. They include automated assembly of nanophotonic structures, nanorobotic handling of graphene, mechanical charac­terization of nanomaterials, electrical characterization of nanowires, surface adhesion mapping by nanowire probes, fabrication of nanogranular tunneling resistors, manipulation of nanodroplets, and others.