• Develop a building block system at the microscale
• The building blocks should enable a user to build 3D microstructural components of varying shape and function [much as Lego (R) does at the human scale].
• Design constraints
• The manufacturing process is fixed; One mask, vertical Si etch;
• One Si part implements a kinematic hinge of 30 degrees angular rotation;
• Design area equals 4 Si chips, each of dimensions 1 x 1 cm.
• Si components are assembled with vacuum tweezers.
• System test
• Assemble a stable 3D space frame around a tube of 800 um diameter and 12000 um height on a base plate platform of width 4000 um and with a 400 um hole;
• At half the length of the tube, assemble a horizontal movable platform with hole that can be shifted up and down +- 200 um;
• Leave vertical optical path free;
• Documentation
• Notebooks; Plan; Web page; Design layout; Report; Poster.

Gallery 2007/2008