ABSTRACT
The step from micro-technology to nano-technology requires more than a reduction of the size by a factor of a thousand. This chapter discusses the accession of micro-robot downstream to the macro-robot, to its driving and control. Micro- and nano-robots are assembled of these micro-devices and other micromanipulators. In some cases the micro- and nano-machines themselves act as robots. In the late twentieth century began the use of robotics for micro/nano manipulation processing. A new type of robots with appropriate manipulating systems and clamping devices, with new controlling configurations and sensors have been developed for implementing different operations with micro/nano objects in medicine and engineering. The macro-robot, without cooperation with a micro-robot, can be used for other industrial operations requiring adequate accuracy. The macro-robot must be positioned and then the micro-robot must be orientated inside its small workspace.
