DeMaMech: EU-Japan Collaboration in Higher Education Student Exchange Program

Offer of Research Topic

Offer from	University	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
	Faculty/Department/Institute	Faculty of Engineering Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Group Name	Production engineering, Machine design and Automation (PMA)
Research Theme		Identification and simulation of a SCARA robot
Brief Explanation		This project focuses on identification of the inertial and frictional parameters of an IBM SCARA robot. After thorough identification, the obtained parameters will be used to simulate and control the motions of the robot.
Research Steps		1. Literature survey (one month) 2. Developing a simulator in Python (one month) 3. Implementing various self-organization algorithms on the simulator (two months) 4. Analysis of simulation results (one month)
Period		5 months
Necessary Background, Knowledge, Skills		Matlab and Simulink, linear algebra, robotics theory
Further Information		http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma
Contact Person		Prof. Dr. ir. Hendrik Van Brussel (hendrik.vanbrussel@mech.kuleuven.ac.be