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Design, fabrication, powering/actuation, locomotion, localization, swarm operation and biomedical applications of microrobots. ### requirements text M E 342and (M E 376orB M E 310), or graduate/professional standing ### credits min 3 ### credits max 3 ### credit offering ids * 1272:612:027122 ### llm job id enrich-f516c4d3e82cfe326b4f5f54 ### llm output id 856ba785b78a8a1991d1b0c1effb4a49d327419ccef5276833b9f69f0bc66cf8 ### llm model nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4 ### llm model revision 1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5 ### llm task version 14 ### llm search status valid ### llm summary ME 455 Microrobotics covers the design, fabrication, and control of microrobots for healthcare and biomedical applications. ### llm topics * Interdisciplinary intersection of robotics and microtechnology * Healthcare and biomedical applications * Swarm operation of microrobots ### llm skills * Design and fabrication of microrobots * Microrobot actuation, locomotion, and swarm control * Biomedical applications of microrobotics ### llm assumed background * Machine design fundamentals including stress analysis and material selection * Mechatronics, circuit analysis, and embedded systems programming * Bioinstrumentation and clinical measurement techniques ### llm search phrases * microrobotics design * micro-robot actuation * biomedical microrobots * swarm microrobotics * micro-fabrication robotics ### llm requirements status valid ### llm student summary status valid ### llm experience status valid ### catalog variants None recorded. ### student summary #### context hash 92503c7da2d97dca7340bca1f312a408c7f00f9395505c72555042e1e076a19f #### course id ME 455 #### current instructors ```json [ { "instructor_uid": "instructor_b3f9e696b1f6bacb7f2daa4b", "message": null, "name": "Yunus Alapan", "review_status": "supported", "rmp_instructor_id": "rmp:3073580", "summary": [ { "citations": [ { "instructor_name": "Yunus Alapan", "review_date": "2025-12-06 00:16:48 +0000 UTC", "review_id": "a704d2208ca1766669520bb5", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3073580", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMDY0OTMy", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3073580", "type": "review" } ], "text": "Yunus Alapan teaches a research-focused microrobotics course with two major group projects and no exams. 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