The Current State of Art in Nano-precision Micro/meso Mechanical Manufacturing (m) Processes

INTRODUCTION The 21st century is said to be the century of the aging society which will require increasingly more advanced devices and systems to ensure comfort, safety and a high quality of life. There is no doubt that devices will become more complicated and more compact. The technologies used for manufacturing such devices must also be improved. Therefore, it will be important to develop infrastructure technologies such as nanotechnology (NT), information technology (IT), bio-technology (BT), and manufacturing technology (MT) from their fundamentals and then combine them organically. To ensure our position at the frontier of the MT field, we are conducting research to achieve nano-precision mechanical MT and micro/meso mechanical MT (M process). This research involves both scientific investigations and practical applications.