Scanning Optical Mosaic Scope for Micro-Manipulation

Conventional microscopes with high magnification are limited by the size of the field of view. For precision assembly tasks in a large work volume, a common solution is to move either the camera or the platform, which typically has limited bandwidth. This paper presents an alternate approach of combining high speed scanners and a high speed camera to create a mosaic view over a large field of view at high refresh rates. We state the design problem of the optical, motion, and image processing subsystems and discuss the initial experimental setup and results.