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We are seeking highly motivated university students to learn and contribute hands-on while working with our Automation teams. This is a great opportunity to get exposure into the world of Automation development Engineering. 

We are recruiting for the following Model Free Adaptive Control project:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The scope of the bimanipulation project will concerning the development of Model-free Adaptive Control to drive robotic arm for pick&-place operation as well as push/pull of the cart.
• The assigned post graduate student will be focusing on encoding the recently developed MFAC algorithm from the simulated environment (firstly, from the Matlab codes and then later to be ported to ROS2 Humble system in the ROS Gazebo environment) to the actual humanoid’s robotic arm for practical demonstration.
• There upon, the MFAC algorithm design and synthesis will be carried out to suit for the pick-and-place demand of a humanoid robot. The algorithm provides a significant advantage of controlling the highly nonlinear 7 DOF robotic arm without a-priori information of the system parameters, load characteristics and other uncertainty.
• The model-free approach adopts the philosophy of data-driven, i.e. the control is able to adapt to the changes in the robot arm characteristics, loading characteristics as well as the interacting environment with which it will be commissioned to engage. This will be accomplished with the least supervision from a human operator.

REQUIRED:

• Post graduate student with Degree in computer science, EE or mechatronics Engineering, or another quantitative discipline
• He/She has deep technical programming knowledge such as C++/C#, Python, assembly language visual studio code

PREFERRED:

• Capable to work independently with Automation technician and engineer.
• Basic knowledge of ROS 2.
• Possess strong knowledge in robotic system troubleshooting and process control.

SKILLS:

• Experience in fundamental robotic software architecture module, system integration and design.

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