About the position
The Biomimetic Millisystems Lab, in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley seeks to hire a Assistant/Associate Specialist. The Biomimetic Millisystems Lab works to radically improve milli-robot locomotion capabilities by combining insights from nature with novel fabrication technology. The lab's current research is centered on medical applications of milli-robots. The goal of this research project is to develop an untethered 5 mm diameter soft crawling robot capable of navigating through tortuous anatomy. The micro-robot will be based on fluidically driven IMPRINT actuators("Multi-Layer LDPE Pouch Robots Enabled by Inkjet-Printed Masking Layers." Advanced Materials Technologies 2025). Duties: Design of the actuation system, including the development of the IMPRINT contraction muscles and the arrangement of the IMPRINT actuators with elastic elements to enable omnidirectional articulation and contraction for steering and locomotion. Development of a miniaturized fluidic pump which has sufficient flow and pressure to drive the robot segment, foot, and biopsy actuators. Development of custom micro surgical tooling for soft tissue biopsy sampling, which is integrated into the microbot body. Additional duties include: • Focused work towards technical milestones • Complete documentation of intermediate results for reports and publications • Close cooperation with other project team members.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application) Bachelor's degree or any equivalent international degree Preferred qualifications Master's degree or any equivalent international degree in Mechanical Engineering, or Bioengineering Experience with design, fabrication and prototyping Experience with mechatronics including actuators, sensors, electronics, and software Overall strong record of experimental robotics research Experience with fabrication of multi-degree of freedom micro-robots Experience with magnetic actuation and sensing systems for untethered robots Experience with fluidic millirobots Experience with MEMS fabrication Experience with soft robotics
How to apply
Document requirements Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. Cover Letter - Summarize research interests and professional goals. Demonstatre the expertise in related areas Reference requirements 3 required (contact information only) Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05534 Help contact: pdatta@berkeley.edu
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