PhD Studentship in Self-Learning Robotics at University of Birm

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PhD Studentship in Self-Learning Robotics
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- School of Engineering
Qualification Type:
PhD
Location:
Birmingham
Funding for:
UK Students, EU Students, International Students
Funding amount:
Fully funded (stipend fees) is available for UK home students
Hours:
Full Time
Placed On:
25th February 2022
Closes:
24th November 2022
EPSRC project: Self-learning robotics for industrial contact-rich tasks (ATARI): enabling smart learning in automated disassembly
Disassembly is an essential operation in many industrial activities including repair, remanufacturing and recycling. Disassembly tends to be manually carried out - it is labour intensive and usually inefficient.
Disassembly requires high-level dexterity in manipulations and thereby can be more difficult to robotise in comparison to the tasks that have no physical contacts (e.g. computer visual inspection) or simple contacts (e.g. cutting, welding, pick-and-place). Robotic disassembly has the potential to improve the productivity of repair, remanufacturing, recycling, all of which have been recognised as key components of a more circular economy.
The existing procedure and state-of-the-art techniques for disassembly automation usually require a comprehensive analysis of a disassembly task, correct design of sensing and compliance facilities, efficient task plans, and a reliable system integration. It is usually a complex, expensive and time-consuming process to implement a robotic disassembly system.
This project will develop a self-learning mechanism to allow robots to learn disassembly tasks and the respective control strategies autonomously, by combining multidimensional sensing and machine learning techniques. This capability will help build a more plug-and-play disassembly automation system, and reduce the technical difficulties and the implementation costs of disassembly automation.
It is expected the next generation industrial robotics can be adopted in more complex and uncertain tasks such as maintenance, cleaning, repair, remanufacturing and recycling, where many processes are contact-rich. Disassembly is a typical contact-rich task. It is envisaged that self-learning robotic disassembly will provide key understandings and technologies that can be adopted to the automation of other types of contact-rich tasks in the future to encourage a wider adoption of robots in the UK industry.
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A fully funded (stipend fees) PhD studentship is available for UK home students. Overseas students may apply, but would need to make up the difference. The project will be held at Dr Yongjing Wang’s group in the School of Engineering at the **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***..
The candidate will have at least a 2:1 class degree in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or Robotics or other relevant discipline.
For more information or informal enquiries, please contact Dr Yongjing Wang at ****
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