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

Offer of Research Topic

Offer from	University	Osaka University
	Faculty/Department/Institute	Department of Adaptive Machine Systems, Graduate School of Engineering
	Group Name	Design of Adaptive Intelligence
Research Theme		Control of Pneumatic Actuated Robot
Brief Explanation		An antagonistic pair of pneumatic actuators gathers research attention because of its mechanical similarity to biological systems. However, controlling it is difficult since its dynamics is complicated. In this study, we design not only the controller, but also the mechanism and re-design the task to realize energy-efficient and high-speed movement.
Research Steps		1. Literature survey (one month) 2. Developing a pneumatic actuated robot (one month) 3. Learning to control the robot (one months) 4. Developing a controller and testing on the robot (two month)
Period		10-month project including hardware experiments.
Necessary Background, Knowledge, Skills		Fundamental knowledge about control theory and dynamical systems Computer programming skills If necessary, some references can be specified.
Further Information		http://www.er.ems.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/user/hosoda/project/index.html
Contact Person		Dr. Koh Hosoda (hosoda@ams.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp)