2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Systems and Control Engineering Graduate major in Systems and Control Engineering
Fluid Robotics
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Systems and Control Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hideyuki Tsukagoshi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SCE.S402
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course will introduce the advantages and the problems of fluid power control systems from the point of applying them to robotics, after showing you their basic characteristics and how to design them. Furthermore, the newly proposed topics to solve the conventional problems will be introduced by using videos, which are related to fluid power actuators, pressure power source, and their application such as search & rescue robots and welfare robots.
Course description and aims
This course let the students understand the principles and characteristics on fluid powered system and how to apply them to the design of robots.
Keywords
１． Characteristics and how to design of fluid power control system
２． New topics of fluid power actuator and its control method
３． Pressure power source
４． Search & rescue robots
５． Wearable fluid power
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The lectures will be provided.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Expansion characteristics of the fluid power and its application to jumping behavior | Understanding of expansion characteristics of compressible fluid |
| Class 2 | Design of the robot using high energy density characteristics of the fluid power | Understanding of high energy density characteristics of incompressible fluid |
| Class 3 | Soft actuator and its application to wearable robotics | Understanding of soft actuator and its application to wearable robotics |
| Class 4 | Slimmed fluid powered robots and systems | Understanding of fluid powered circuit |
| Class 5 | Pressure source and fluid energy | Understanding of fluid power source and its installation to robots |
| Class 6 | Fluid mechanism to generate adsorptive force | Understanding of phenomena on fluids |
| Class 7 | Fluid powered system of next generation | Understanding of fluid powered system of next generation |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
The textbook will be given if necessary.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
The materials will be given if necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Judged by repoerts.
Related courses
- MEC.I211 ： Robot Kinematics
Prerequisites
No condition.