Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAD, Instrumentation (electronic boards-reading/acquiring signal), bas ic Material science, structural mechanics, basic fluid mechanics, Matl ab programming - Thia course will introduce students to the field of soft robotics and more generally to non-conventional actuation (e.g. shape memory alloys, soft fluidic actuators, electroactive polymers, etc.) and sensing technologies (soft and flexible technologies based on resistive, capacitive, and optics). They will learn the fluid physics principles that drive them and how they can be designed, manufactured, and integrated into functional soft robotic systems. The class will have a substantial experimental hands-on component during which students will learn challenges and opportunities in the design, manufacturing, modeling, and control of such systems. They will also learn how to apply these technologies to address current shortcomings of traditional rigid robotics.

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