MECH4345 - Soft Robotics

MECH 4345 Soft Robotics (3 semester credit hours) Soft robotics deals with a relatively new class of robots that are inherently compliant in their construction and operation. This course provides an introduction to design principles, manufacturing methods of soft robots, materials for soft robots such as sensing, actuation, and passive materials. The state-of the art soft robots will be introduced along with application areas in medical fields and bio-inspired designs. Modeling, simulation, and analysis tools will be discussed. The course will include the use of CAD software to design bio-inspired designs of soft robots and/or soft robots for medical applications. (3-0) Y