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MICROMECHANICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION CAPABILITIES FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND TESTING IN THE NATURE OF TENSILE, COMPRESSION, BEND, PULL AND/OR DYNAMIC TESTING OF FIBERS, WIRES, PCB COMPONENTS, COATINGS, MEMBRANES, THIN FILMS, MEMS DEVICES, BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS, MATERIAL INTERFACES AND/OR MATERIAL ASSEMBLIES, WITH THE TESTING INSTRUMENT BEING COMPRISED OF ACTUATORS, UPPER AND LOWER SPECIMEN GRIPPERS, TRANSDUCER HEAD, MOTOR AND ELECTROSTATIC CONTROLLERS AND COMPUTER FIRMWARE