Micro-robots

For smart cards, micro-robots and small precision instruments, thin laminated micro-cells are being developed. Some of these developmental thin-film devices—using an electrolyte of lithium, a copper cathode, and lithium again for the electrode—can charge and discharge up to 3 volts, and can be expected to tolerate up to 1,000 charge-and-discharge cycles. 

Robotic microassembly covers both assembly by telemanipulation and automated robotic assembly such as pick-and-place or the use of a levitation table for part manipulation. Microgrippers, micro-robots, and assembly tables are themselves very sophisticated microinstruments, with complex visual and/or tactile feedback to accomplish relatively simple tasks, such as pick-and-place or peg-in-hole insertion. 

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Keywords AI, algebraic manipulations, expert system, Fischer technics, intelligent tutoring systems, ITS, LOGO, meta-knowledge, micro-robots, micro-worlds, microworld, motivation, student model, turtle, tutorial strategies... 

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