Nicolas PITON

Mr. Nicolas PITON


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1Year (2026-Present)

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26 January 2026 in Actuators
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CBCélien Bergeron
Célien Bergeron
GGGabriel Geron
Gabriel Geron
LPLaurent Petit
Laurent Petit
DDDupont Dupont
Dupont Dupont
NPNicolas PITON
Nicolas PITON
CPChristine Prelle
Christine Prelle
This paper presents a 2D micro-conveyance device based on a 3 × 3 electromagnetic digital actuator array. This device allows the conveyed object to be moved between several discrete positions distributed in the xy-plane through a collaborative actuation of the digital actuators. Each digital actuator includes a mobile permanent magnet placed in a square cavity and can be moved between four discrete positions. An analytical model of the digital actuators was proposed and used to design the conveyance device. Then, a prototype was built using rapid prototyping techniques and was experimentally characterized. The reachable workspace of the conveyance device is 56 mm × 56 mm in the xy-plane, and the proposed architecture enables the workspace to be easily enlarged by adding elementary modules. The distance between two discrete positions is 4 mm, and the positioning repeatability was measured as 5.5 µm. The maximum conveyance velocity and transportable mass were found to be up to 16 mm.s−1 and 15 g, respectively.