Research Fellow (Mechanical Engineering / Robotics / Control Engineering)
Core
Conduct applied research on haptic dual arm manipulation, focusing on Haptic SLAM, motion planning, and impedance control for dual-arm robots.
Role type
Research Fellow (Robotics/Control Engineering)
Builds
Haptic SLAM algorithms, manipulation potential models, and motion-planning methods for dual-arm robotic systems.
Domain
Robotics, Control Engineering, Haptics, Industry 4.0
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Riemannian geometry, adaptive ODE-based equilibrium computation, DMP-based motion planning, impedance control, robotics simulation (Drake), dual-arm robotic experiments, haptic device data acquisition, teleoperation, peer-reviewed publication record
Preferred skills
Kinova robotic arms, Haption haptic devices, book insertion experiments
Technologies
Drake, Kinova, Haption
Responsibilities
Develop haptic SLAM algorithms and manipulation potential models; Develop DMP-based motion-planning methods and impedance-control strategies; Implement and validate algorithms on Kinova dual-arm robotic systems; Use Haption haptic devices for data acquisition and teleoperation; Analyse results, document research methods, and prepare technical reports and publications.
