Master Thesis - Development of hydraulic drive system for mobile outdoor robot

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 hydraulic drive system

What you will do

Our mobile agricultural robots CURTmini, CURTmvp and CURTmaxi increasingly have to operate in complex environments, such as coffee plantations in Brazil and vineyards with steep slopes along the Mosel river. For this, you are to become part of the team that develops and tests new, high-performance drive systems based on hydraulics. This includes work on requirements analysis, conceptual design of new systems and implementation as well as prototypical testing on real robots.

What you bring to the table

Background in hydraulic systems
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
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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: 67012 Application Deadline:

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