Master Thesis - Development of a Model Predictive Local Planner for Mobile Outdoor Robots
In the Professional Service Robots - Outdoor research group we develop autonomous, mobile robots for a variety of outdoor applications, such as agriculture and forestry. The focus is on the development of an autonomous outdoor navigation solution as well as the hardware of the robots.
One of the main modules in outdoor navigation is the local planner, which guarantees collision-free motion in the various environments. There are many different approaches for the exact design of a local planner. In this master's thesis, you will contribute to the development of a model-predictive local planner for our CURT navigation as part of the CURT robots ecosystem.
What you will do
Your work will be focused on the design and implementation of a model-predictive local planner for mobile outdoor robots. The motion planner should be able to find optimal collision-free trajectories on uneven outdoor terrain and send the appropriate velocity commands to the robot base. For your implementation with ROS in C++, you will have access to a simulation environment, as well as our outdoor robot CURTmini for regular testing and evaluation.
What you bring to the table
What you can expect
We also offer the possibility of direct entry for excellent graduates.
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.
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If you are interested, please submit a short letter of motivation on your personal favourite topic listed above, CV, current grade transcript to kevin.bregler@ipa.fraunhofer.de
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA
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