Patent ID: 11858142
Assignee: NSK LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C  G | IPC B  C  G

Claim 0:
1. A manipulation system comprising:
a sample stage configured such that a minute object is placed thereon;
a first manipulator including a first pipette for holding the minute object;
a second manipulator including a second pipette for operating the minute object that is held on the first pipette;
an imager configured to image the minute object; and
a controller configured to control the sample stage, the first pipette, the second pipette, and the imager, wherein
the controller moves a tip of the second pipette from a certain insertion start position of the minute object to a certain push-in position at a constant speed or a first acceleration, and after a predetermined time, moves the tip of the second pipette from the push-in position to a certain manipulation execution position at a second acceleration greater than the first acceleration,
the minute object is a cell,
the controller detects a position of a nucleolus of the cell based on image data of the imager, and
a distance in an intersecting direction orthogonal to an insertion direction of the second pipette between a center of the nucleolus and the manipulation execution position is greater than a radius of the nucleolus.