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ETHx: Microrobotics

The first MOOC on robots at small scale. You will learn the concepts, functioning principles, building methods and state-of-the-art applications of microrobots.

Microrobotics
9 weeks
1–4 hours per week
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
Free
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Started Oct 13
Ends Dec 24

About this course

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Welcome to the course on Microrobotics!

Microrobotics refer to robots of milimeter or micrometer scale. These robots function mostly in fluidic environment, concerning a great range of disciplines including engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, living sicence, etc. They are playing an important role on a wide range of interdisciplinary applications, e.g., remote drug delivery, minimal invasive surgery, human health monitoring, plant science investigations, and so much more. With the advancement of technologies, we are excited to come to an era in which we believe microrobotics could accomplish great work that are unimaginable before.

In this course, we will introduce you the basic concept of microrobotics and their applications. You will learn what a microrobot is, how it functions, and in which way you could build and control a microrobot. You will also learn the state-of-the-art research topics and applications of microrobots and challenges in building them. We hope you could learn a lot in this course, and become interested in this field. Look forward to seeing you!

For more information, you could visit our website: https://msrl.ethz.ch/, subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv-ks5XkUEnb2WTO6UsOQcw, or follow our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/multi-scale-robotics-lab.

At a glance

  • Institution: ETHx
  • Subject: Engineering
  • Level: Introductory
  • Prerequisites:

    No prerequisites needed.

  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English

What you'll learn

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You will learn what a microrobot is, how it functions, and in which way you could build and control a microrobot. You will also learn the state-of-the-art research topics and applications of microrobots and challenges in building them.

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

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