Patent ID: 8393066
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: B23P,G21B,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for assembling a miniaturized device, the apparatus comprising: a manipulator system including six manipulators, the manipulator system comprising a first plurality of motorized axes and a second plurality of manual axes, wherein the six manipulators are operable to position and orient components of the miniaturized device with submicron precision and micron-level accuracy, each of the six manipulators comprising: an optical coordinate-measuring machine (OCMM) comprising: an operator control system coupled to the manipulator system and the OCMM, wherein two of the six manipulators further comprise force/torque sensors mechanically coupled to the tooling and operable to provide force resolution at levels less than 10 grams and torque resolution at levels less than 500 gram-millimeters.