The use of carrier phase data is the main driver for high-precision Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positioning solutions, such as Real-Time Kinematic (RTK). However, observations are ambiguous by an unknown number cycles, and their in RTK relies on process mapping real-valued ambiguities to integer ones, so-called Integer Ambiguity Resolution (IAR). goal IAR enhance position solutio...

High accuracy positioning stages with multiple degrees-of-freedom are ubiquitous in industrial manufacturing. Examples include probing and inspection systems, disk drive head assembly systems, and photolithographic positioning stages (microsteppers) in semiconductor manufacturing. Microsteppers are typically made of a lower-stage that actuates large high-speed movements and an upper-stage that ...

Current top down manipulation systems used in micro and nanomanufacturing are many orders of magnitude larger than the parts being handled, leading to difficult tradeoffs between their precision, throughput and cost. This paper presents recent research progress in the manufacturing of millimeter sized robotic positioning technology that allows combining high precision with high throughput along...