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Open OpportunitiesThe innumerable uses of rope, including climbing, sailing, circus acts, and wrangling livestock, suggest that it could be used as an universal robotic manipulator. When combined with a mobile base, e.g. a cowboy on a horse, rope manipulation can be an effective tool for all manner of robot-environment interaction challenges. In this project, we seek to realize a control framework for ANYmal such that it can use a rope launcher to manipulate various objects.
- Intelligent Robotics, Robotics and Mechatronics, Systems Theory and Control
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
| When quadrupedal animals injure their limbs, they adapt their gait to compensate for the injury. Conversely, when a quadruped robot’s leg breaks, its functionality is severely curbed, and in many cases, entirely compromised. This project will investigate the interplay of disabled/dismembered quadrupedal robot legs, locomotion performance, and control strategy, with the goal of converging on effective policies that abstract across different kinds of “injuries.” - Intelligent Robotics, Robotics and Mechatronics, Systems Theory and Control
- Master Thesis
| Floodplains are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in Europe, but also some of the most threatened. Their high biodiversity is sustained by a high diversity of habitats and a tight coupling between riparian and aquatic ecosystems, through the exchange of ecological subsidies. Indeed, the riparian food web may be partially or fully reliant on the fluxes of emerging aquatic insects as a high-quality nutritional source. Further, the biomass and timing of emergence may strongly constrain the degree of cross-ecosystem coupling, yet these attributes may vary with local habitat conditions and thermal regimes. | Augmented Reality (AR) has great potential to enhance assembly tasks for different scenarios and for people with various backgrounds. However, recent studies suggest that AR can sometimes slow down assembly. Thus, further research on the efficiency of AR-assisted tasks is needed. This project is based on existing work [1], where AR technology from incon.ai™ has been employed in the Compressed Earth Block (CEB) dwelling assembly [2]. - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Bachelor Thesis, ETH Zurich (ETHZ), Semester Project
| We are looking to hire a talented and hardworking student to work on some components of our innovative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) devices. - Engineering and Technology
- Bachelor Thesis, Collaboration, Internship, Lab Practice, Master Thesis, Semester Project, Student Assistant / HiWi
| Geothermal energy will be one of the most important assets to solve the world’s energy problems in the future. High Speed Rock Drilling (HSRD), a Swiss company, has been developing and testing an efficient process for deep drilling down to 10 km. - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Master Thesis
| We are looking for bachelor / master students to work part time to support the development of robotic platforms and assist with the preparations and execution of the Robotics Summer School taking place from 29 June through 5 July 2024. - Engineering and Technology
- Student Assistant / HiWi
| Moldable hydrogels found increasing popularity and have been used as injectable or extrudable materials in biomedical and industrial applications. This is mainly due to their ability to flow under applied stress (shear-thin) and reform a stable network (self-heal). To modify the mechanical properties of the dynamic polymer networks, nanoparticles can be added, which additionally can broaden the scope of their applications. The so-called polymer–nanoparticle (PNP) hydrogels represent a unique, tunable and versatile class of dynamic nanocomposite materials that form via reversible interactions between polymer chains and nanoparticles. However, the formation of PNP hydrogels is restricted to specific interactions between selected polymers and nanoparticles, resulting in a limited range of mechanical properties. - Characterisation of Macromolecules, Composite Materials, Organic Chemical Synthesis, Polymers, Supramolecular Chemistry, Synthesis of Macromolecules
- Internship, Master Thesis
| In addition to non-covalent structures, mechanically interlocked molecules are being increasingly explored such as in the case of a “rotaxane” using cyclic molecules as building blocks. This supramolecular structure is obtained by penetrating the cavity of a cyclic molecule with a linear molecule. Hence. the cyclic molecule can rotate and slide along the linear one. While, this feature has been applied to molecular shuttles and artificial muscles, recent studies have revealed that polymer materials using PRx exhibit superior mechanical strength. Additionally, upon application of stress to the networks, macrocyclic jamming leads to strain-stiffening behavior. Hence, applications of PRx to materials are highly desirable. - Characterisation of Macromolecules, Organic Chemical Synthesis, Polymers, Supramolecular Chemistry, Synthesis of Macromolecules
- Internship, Master Thesis
| In this project, we aim to study the effect of the network’s architecture in continual learning, with a specific focus on the effect of scaling it to large width and depth, and their interplay with other architectural components such as residual connections. - Artificial Intelligence and Signal and Image Processing
- Master Thesis, Semester Project
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