HKUST (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and Kyoto University are holding a joint course for MEMS device designing, fabrication, and analysis.
In this lecture, teams of students from both universities are design thermal actuator and do tug-war between devices of groups.
A video of the last year’s devices is avaiable on youtube. Please check it.
The video has been reported by EE Times. (Updated 2012/3/5)
Related paper (IEEE/ASME Journal of Micro Electro Mechanical Systems)