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List <strong>of</strong> Figures1.1 SDM process cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.2 SDM robot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.3 SDM leg <strong>with</strong> embedded components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.1 Crossboundary embedding objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203.2 Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223.3 Pre-encapsulation process example illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.4 Suspending fixture method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303.5 Process flowchart for the four main methods for partial <strong>and</strong> crossboundaryembedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323.6 Selective material deposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343.7 Selective sacrificial material deposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353.8 String gimbal <strong>fabrication</strong> process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.9 String gimbal photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373.10 Selective sacrificial material removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383.11 Spring joint <strong>fabrication</strong> process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403.12 Spring joint photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413.13 Photolithographical cross-boundary embedding process . . . . . . . . 423.14 Photolithographed product photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.15 Pre-encapsulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453.16 Three types <strong>of</strong> linkages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463.17 Pseudo-boundary formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483.18 Process selection flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513.19 Process selection flowchart for direct cross-boundary embedding . . . 52xii

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