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Steps toward the realization of a tele-nanorobotic manipulation system using a magnetically levitated hand controller coupled with a scanning tunneling microscope are discussed. With this system, it is possible to 'manually' probe surfaces at atomic scale, while 'feeling' the atomic-scale topography back in the operator's hand. Results for sputtered gold and graphite are presented.>
Hollis et al. (Wed,) studied this question.