The objective of this course is to expose students to the fundamentals of robotics at small scale. This includes a focus on physical laws that predominate at the nano and microscale, technologies for fabricating small devices, bioinspired design and control paradigms, and applications of the field.
Microrobotics: Methods and Applications. Yves Bellouard. CRC Press, 2009.
Microsystem Technology and Microrobotics. S. Fatikow and U. Rembold. Springer Verlag, 1997.
Mobile Microrobotics. Metin Sitti. The MIT Press, 2017.
Lecture slides are continously provided on Moodle during the course.