City:  Stuttgart
Date:  Nov 28, 2023

Internship / Thesis - Adaptation of a autonomous outdoor robot to harsh environmental conditions

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 30 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 2.9 billion euros. 

CURT is the name of the robot family being developed in the Professional Service Robots - Outdoor research group. These are autonomous, mobile robots for a variety of outdoor applications, such as agriculture and forestry.  The focus is on the hardware development of the robots themselves and on autonomous outdoor navigation.
For this we are looking for you to contribute to the development of a protection concept against harsh environments.

 

What you will do

CURTmini, our outdoor robot for difficult terrain / off-road, must become robust and weather resistant. For this purpose, a suitable concept is to be developed and tested in this thesis, which on the one hand protects CURTmini from weather conditions (water, dust, vibrations), but at the same time dissipates waste heat through power electronics. The concept will be implemented and undergo rigorous testing under real-life conditions.

 

What you bring to the table

  • Background mobile working machines or similar 
  • Profound CAD skills (SolidWorks or similar) 
  • Strong problem solving skills
  • Fluent in English or German 
  • Excellent grades

 

What you can expect

  • Cutting-edge robots developed in-house 
  • Hands on with our robots on our own test fields
  • Take responsibility and implement your own ideas
  • Great teammates
  • Cake Friday

 

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability. 

With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future. 

Interested? Apply online now. We look forward to getting to know you!
 

Frau Lisa Bauer
Recruiting
Tel. +49 711 970-3681

lisa.bauer@ipa.fraunhofer.de

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA 

www.ipa.fraunhofer.de 

 

Requisition Number: 67056                Application Deadline:

 


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