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Individualized Fitness Training with Robots - Conceptual Design
Who doesn’t know the struggle of going to gym regularly? Limited time slots on devices, cumbersome setup of the weights, no feedback on your performance… And where is your sparring partner, if you want to train your new wrestling styles and strategies? A partner that challenges, motivates, and pushes you to your limits?
Robots are joining our workplaces, e.g., as assistants for assembly, in health care and for surveillance rendering human jobs more save and interesting. In sports, robots are seldom found outside of motion science. However, we see a big potential in robots to bridge the gap between highly repetitive & individual training in gyms and the engaging training with a human sparring partner. Therefore, we want to develop a software framework for various robots that provides individual fitness training using physical human-robot interaction. Thereby, we hope to gain valuable insights in physical human-robot interaction that might transfer to other fields, e.g., robot assisted rehabilitation.
Robots are joining our workplaces, e.g., as assistants for assembly, in health care and for surveillance rendering human jobs more save and interesting. In sports, robots are seldom found outside of motion science. However, we see a big potential in robots to bridge the gap between highly repetitive & individual training in gyms and the engaging training with a human sparring partner. Therefore, we want to develop a software framework for various robots that provides individual fitness training using physical human-robot interaction. Thereby, we hope to gain valuable insights in physical human-robot interaction that might transfer to other fields, e.g., robot assisted rehabilitation.
● Literature research
● Concept development
● Hardware selection and design
● Literature research ● Concept development ● Hardware selection and design
This project aims to explore the field of individualized robotic training devices in both industry and research. You will conduct an extensive literature review on already developed solutions (SoM) and come up with your own ideas and concepts for a novel robotic hardware (Bachelor Thesis). Selection of suitable actuation, sensors and hardware design is part of your work.
This project aims to explore the field of individualized robotic training devices in both industry and research. You will conduct an extensive literature review on already developed solutions (SoM) and come up with your own ideas and concepts for a novel robotic hardware (Bachelor Thesis). Selection of suitable actuation, sensors and hardware design is part of your work.
● Independent, creative, and highly interested student
● Experience with CAD
● Matlab is a plus
● Independent, creative, and highly interested student ● Experience with CAD ● Matlab is a plus
Michael Sommerhalder, somichae@ethz.ch
Yves Zimmermann, yvesz@ethz.ch
Michael Sommerhalder, somichae@ethz.ch Yves Zimmermann, yvesz@ethz.ch
Overview of Mechatronics topics and study subjects. Identification of minimum 10 pertinent refereed articles or works in the literature in consultation with supervisor or instructor. After 4 weeks, submission of a 2-page proposal outlining the value, state-of-the art and study plan based on these articles. After feedback on the substance and technical writing by the instructor, project commences.
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