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Mobile Robotics

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Work description

Nowadays, there is a growing interest in the use of mobile robots to carry out different tasks in manufacturing environments. Given the diverse tasks to be performed in an industrial environment, these fleets are characterized by heterogeneous robots, in terms of their characteristics and capabilities. On the other hand, the use of these vehicles in poorly structured environments is subject to failures of various natures. Therefore, the idea of this work is to investigate and develop possible algorithms in simulation to carry out the scheduling and planning of the trajectories of fleets of heterogeneous mobile robots (with different characteristics and capabilities, fully automatic and tele-operated/remote-assisted systems, communication failures) in which information about the production lines is entered (planning the location of the lines, in online mode knowing about possible delays and/or small changes) and procedural failures of the robots (the vehicles are unable to solve problems they encounter on their own) , etc. The objective will be to find a set of algorithms that allow planning the location of production lines and allocating tasks to vehicles and replanning them online, depending on the different failure situations that may be encountered.

Academic Qualifications

Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related areas. The granting of the scholarship assumes that the candidate is a student of a study cycle or a non-degree course, taught at a Higher Education Institution.

Minimum profile required

Experiência em programação nas linguagens C e / ou Python.Experiência anterior de trabalho com o software de simulação FlexSim.

Preference factors

AGV / mobile robot simulation experience in FlexSim software valued. Experience working with robotic manipulators is valued. Participation in extra-curricular activities linked to robotics is valued.

Application Period

Since 21 Sep 2023 to 04 Oct 2023

[Closed]

Centre

Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems

Scientific Advisor

Manuel Santos Silva