Hi.

Karl Bohringer et. al. used a ulstasonic vibration.  The paper
appeared in 1997 IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation.

-kazu

> Fellow MEMS-ers,
>       I have a question for anyone who is so inclined to answer:
>       In reference to micromachining, what would be the best way to get
>       a microchip or a MCM to "jump"? What I mean is, if I had a small
>       module that I wanted to propell in an upward manner, would a small
>       spring mechanism do the job? I know lots of variables come into play,
>       such as the module's weight, the spring constant and how high I want
>       the thing to go; but all this is mainly trivial.  I guess I'm just
>       trying to figure out if anyone has pondered the same question before,
>       and if anyone has, then what became of it?  If anyone has any info or
>       ideas, feel free to respond!
>
>       Dylan P. Bryant
>       Engineering Research Assistant
>       Management Sciences, Inc.
>       & UNM School of Engineering
>       Mechanical Engineering, Dept.
>       dylan@mgtsciences.com
>
>       Ciao!
>
>

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Kazuhiro Saitou
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
3211 EECS
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125

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Email: kazu@umich.edu
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