Position PhD-student
Irène Curie Fellowship No
Department(s) Mechanical Engineering
FTE 1,0
Date off 21/10/2024
Reference number V35.7725
Do you want to work on the next generation robot skin to give machines a sense of touch so that they can grab and swiftly manipulate large and heavy objects? Are you passionate about contact and solid mechanics, sensing and signal processing, and robotics? If so, you might be an excellent candidate for this PhD position.
The demand for autonomous robots capable of physically interacting with the world in flexible and adaptable ways is rapidly increasing across industries and society. These robots are needed to perform heavy, non-ergonomic tasks in unstructured environments or to assist humans in physically demanding jobs. Tactile robotics, an emerging and challenging field, focuses on developing tactile sensing and perception technologies that enable robots to intelligently respond to contact.
While significant progress has been made in finger-scale tactile sensing, challenges persist in developing soft, large-area robotic skin. A major hurdle is gathering sufficient contact information on the robot's surface when the skin covers large, curved body areas with only a limited number of embedded sensors.
The important contact information, such as contact area, direction, pressure distribution, even slip incipient, is often not directly measurable. Instead, this information must be estimated from sensor signals produced by the mechanical model of the skin during contact. Advancing our understanding of this mechanical contact information processing is crucial for enhancing the feasibility and value of robotic skin technologies.
In this position, you will investigate mechanics of soft robot skin, conducting experiments to develop a mechanical contact processing model that can estimate contact information from sensors embedded in soft elastomer.
Key Objectives and Challenges of this PhD Position Include:
This project builds on previous work by Dr. Hyosang Lee (link). The position is embedded in the Robotics section (RBT) within the Department of the Mechanical Engineering, and is closely connected with the Dynamics and Control (D&C) and Control Systems Technology (CST) sections.
A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station. In addition, we offer you:
About us
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is an internationally top-ranking university in the Netherlands that combines scientific curiosity with a hands-on attitude. Our spirit of collaboration translates into an open culture and a top-five position in collaborating with advanced industries.
This position will be embedded into the Robotics (RBT) section at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. We have a very long and strong track record of both industrial collaboration and fundamental research. We strongly collaborate with the interdisciplinary ecosystems, such as Eindhoven AI Systems Institute (EAISI), Holst center from TNO.
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More information
Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to know more? Please contact Hyosang Lee, Assistant Professor, h.lee@tue.nl.
Visit our website for more information about the application process or the conditions of employment. You can also contact HR advice, HRadviceME@tue.nl or +31 40 2475902.
Application
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We look forward to your application and will screen it as soon as we have received it. Screening will continue until the position has been filled.
We are an internationally top-ranking university in the Netherlands that combines scientific curiosity with a hands-on attitude.
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