仿生軟機器人學

Animals can move and adapt effectively to complex environment and missions. While soft muscles power the animal movements, they are also leveraged by rigid and elastic mechanisms. This inspired the recent development of bioinspired robots powered by soft actuators through elastic mechanisms. The objective of this course is to teach students the foundation of animal movements, muscles and elastic mechanism, and bioinspired soft actuators. Also taught are the rubber hyperelasticty and transduction principles that enable the smart design of soft robots. In addition, students will have chance to learn the hands-on experiments of making and driving dielectric elastomer based grippers and locomotor, in addition to the design of flapping wing micro air vehicles.

Calculus and Physics

Lecture, Experiment, and Teaching Assistant

Quiz (20%) Writing Assignment (20%) Project (20%) Final Exam 期末考 (40%)

References: 1. Alexander, R.M., 1988. Elastic mechanisms in animal movement. Cambridge University Press. 2. Carpi, F. ed., 2016. Electromechanically active polymers: a concise reference. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 3. Norberg, U.M., 2012. Vertebrate flight: mechanics, physiology, morphology, ecology and evolution (Vol. 27). Springer Science & Business Media.

地點

EE463

時間

By appointment

聯絡方式

mgklau@nctu.edu.tw