Modeling and Analyzing the Dynamics of Location and Gripping Soft Robots

1 credits · Graduate

Motivated by applications to health care, the field of soft robotics has witnessed explosive growth in the past decade. Most research has focused on prototype design and development while engineering analyses and material science research have slowly lagged. This course has been constructed to introduce nonlinear models and analyses of soft robotic devices whose primary purpose is either to locomote or grip. During the course, students will be exposed to the rapidly developing field of soft robotics and learn some of the technical challenges in this field. Students will learn about the wide range of nonlinear modeling strategies that can be used to develop mathematical models for the dynamics of a soft robot.