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In this paper, we characterize the device for transport and positioning tasks and evaluate its performances in terms of speed, resolution and repeatability. We show that the micro-conveyor is able to move the object with a speed up to 137 mm \u00b7 s-1 in less than 100 ms whereas the positioning repeatability is around 17.7 \u03bcm with feedback control. The smallest step the object can do is 0.3 \u03bcm (positioning resolution). 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