Tan U-Xuan

Ph.D. Candidate

Supervisor: Asst. Prof Ang Wei Tech

Bio-Robotics Lab

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Nanyang Technological University

50 Nanyang Avenue

Singapore 639798

Lab: N3-B4a-02a

Phone (Lab): (65) 6790 4733

Email: tanu0002@ntu.edu.sg

Project:

The project Intelligent Handheld Instrument for Microsurgery and Biotech Micromanipulation is split into two main parts:

• Sensing and filtering
• Mechanism Design and Control

I am doing the mechanism design and control portion.

Under the Mechanism Design and Control Portion, the two main components are:

• Design & Analysis of a star parallel mechanism for precise manipulation

• Control and Amplification of Piezoelectric Actuators