IGERT: Soft Material Robotics

IGERT：软材料机器人

• 批准号: 1144591
• 负责人: Barry Trimmer
• 金额: $ 149.16万
• 依托单位: Tufts University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1144591&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Soft; Material; Robotics

IGERT: Soft Material Robotics.This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award creates an interdisciplinary graduate program to develop advances in the field of soft robotics. These machines, inspired by animals, will be capable of complex tasks that are difficult to achieve with conventional robots, suitable for close interactions with humans, and able to work in environmentally sensitive locations. The research will cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, employing novel biomaterials, exploiting cellular processes and tissue engineering methods, and using control strategies derived from evolutionary principles ? approaches that are comparatively rare in conventional robotics.Broader Impacts: The development of this new technology provides an exciting opportunity to train inventive and entrepreneurial future science and engineering leaders. IGERT trainees will train in multiple disciplines, including materials science, neuromechanics, mechanical control systems, computer science, artificial intelligence and product design. Novel collaborative training approaches include the formation of mentorship teams and an innovative problem solving-based model of education. IGERT trainees will exploit bioengineering approaches to machine design, fabricate and control new robotic devices to address a wide range of current medical, social and environmental challenges. For example, soft robots could be developed for internal medical diagnosis and delivery of therapeutics, or for search and rescue operations and bioremediation. The international partners, leaders in the emerging field of soft robots, will help trainees form collaborations and affiliations across the world. These students will bridge emerging areas of biology and engineering to create revolutionary new technologies including robots for human assistance and environmentally-friendly biodegradable robots. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to establish new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, and to engage students in understanding the processes by which research is translated to innovations for societal benefit.

IGERT：软材料机器人。这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖创建了一个跨学科的研究生课程，以发展软机器人领域的进步。这些受动物启发的机器将能够完成传统机器人难以完成的复杂任务，适合与人类密切互动，并能够在环境敏感的地方工作。这项研究将跨越传统的学科界限，采用新的生物材料，利用细胞过程和组织工程方法，并使用来自进化原理的控制策略。更广泛的影响：这项新技术的发展为培养具有创造力和创业精神的未来科学和工程领导者提供了一个令人兴奋的机会。IGERT学员将接受多个学科的培训，包括材料科学、神经力学、机械控制系统、计算机科学、人工智能和产品设计。新颖的协作培训方法包括组建导师团队和创新的以解决问题为基础的教育模式。IGERT学员将利用生物工程方法进行机器设计，制造和控制新的机器人设备，以应对当前广泛的医疗，社会和环境挑战。例如，软体机器人可用于内部医疗诊断和提供治疗，或用于搜索和救援行动和生物修复。国际合作伙伴，软机器人新兴领域的领导者，将帮助学员在世界各地建立合作和联系。这些学生将连接生物学和工程学的新兴领域，创造革命性的新技术，包括人类援助机器人和环保型可生物降解机器人。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在为研究生教育和培训建立新的模式，为超越传统学科界限的合作研究创造肥沃的环境，并让学生了解研究转化为创新以造福社会的过程。