An interactive nanomanipulation system with force and visual feedback

Abstract

This paper presents a method to implement interactive nanomanipulation. With the method we develop an interactive nanomanipulation system with force feedback and visual feedback. Using the system the operator can not only feel the real-time forces acting on the probe of atomic force microscope (AFM) but also observe the real-time changes of nano-environment under the operation of AFM probe. It makes the operation in micro-world intuitive and flexible as moving object in macro-world. The experimental results prove the efficiency and advantages of the system.