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Researchers make micromanipulation more accessible
FilMBot aims to lower the barrier to high-precision work in education, research, and micro-assembly
Dr. Artur Kopitca has been awarded the Aalto University Doctoral Thesis Award 2026 for his doctoral dissertation. Congratulations! The dissertation is available .
Our paper "" has received the Best Student Paper Award in the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation, and Robotics at Small Scales, , at West Lafayette, Purdue University, USA, July 28 - August 01, 2025.
The authors are Artur Kopitca, Usama Sattar, and Quan Zhou. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Artur Kopitca for a successful public defense for the Doctor of Science in Technology degree on July 1, 2025. It was a great pleasure and honor to have Prof. Antoine Ferreira from INSA Centre Val de Loire (France) as the opponent. Cheers!
More information on the dissertation, titled 鈥淢anipulation and Assembly of Objects Using Spatially Nonlinear Stochastic Force Fields,鈥 can be found .
Congratulations to Diluka Harischandra for a successful public defense for the Doctor of Science in Technology degree on December 12, 2024. It's also a great honor to have Dr. Aude Bolopion from the Femto-st Institute as the opponent. Cheers!
More information on the dissertation, titled "Manipulation of nonmagnetic particles and liquids on a programmable air-ferrofluid interface", can be found .
Dr. Houari Bettahar received Academy Research Fellow
Congratulations Dr. Houari Bettahar for the prestigious award of Academy Research Fellow from the Research Council of Finland.
Congratulations to Arthur Vieira for an excellent public defense for the Doctor of Science in Technology degree on June 7, 2024. It's also a great honor to have Dr Michael Kappl from MPI and Prof. Pasi Kallio from Tampere University as opponents. Cheers!
More information on the dissertation, titled "Wetting Characterization of Hydrophobic Opaque Surfaces and Micro Fibers", can be found .
Scientists harness the wind as a tool to move objects
New approach allows contactless or remote manipulation of objects by machines or robots.
Our paper "" has received the Best Conference Paper Award at the . The paper was authored by Arthur Vieira, Maja Vuckovac, Inge Schlapp-Hackl, Michael Hummel, and Quan Zhou.
Thanks to everyone who supported our work. Let's continue to learn and grow together.
Dr. Kourosh Latifi has been granted the Aalto University Dissertation Award 2021. Congratulations! The dissertation can be found .
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