The successful candidate will mainly focus on the analysis, evaluation and design of a dexterous/reconfigurable robotic system.
The candidate will join the RAIN (Robotic Automation INspection lab) that is part of Advanced Robotics (https://advr.iit.it/rain). The focus of RAIN is to develop robots to be used in inspection tasks or automation. Thanks to a multi-disciplinary background, including physics, computer science, robotics, mechatronics, electronics, and the strong collaboration with the other research lines of IIT, we can deliver robots specifically designed for the application. Our method consists of developing prototypes from the idea to the advanced demonstrator. We take care of the mechanical design, electronics, sensors development and integration, control software and data analysis and visualization.
The development of inspection robots has opened up numerous scenarios in various applications: from surveillance to search and rescue operations to industrial maintenance. The capability of the robot to operate in hazardous environments and in the presence of radiological, biological and chemical hazards (autonomously or teleoperated) has enormous benefits in terms of safety for human workers.
A step forward in this scenario will be the development of a customized system able to access hard-to-reach places, move along complex paths, or enter manholes.
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