Stuttgart: Master Thesis - Development of a precise navigation solution in confined environments

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.

Robust and precise navigation is particularly important near walls, narrow passages and nearby objects. Accurate localisation and reliable path following control are essential to reach the destination safely.

Was Sie bei uns tun

This thesis focuses on the development of a navigation solution to cope with the challenges in confined environments. The first step is to identify the areas in which inaccuracies occur and thus limit navigation in these environments, for example due to localisation errors or deviations from the planned path. Current approaches lead to blockages or a queue of recovery behaviours. The goal is to derive a more robust solution. Therefore, you will also examinate the usage of additional sensor input to ensure collision-free navigation around nearby obstacles. 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.

Was Sie mitbringen

• Background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or similar

• Enrolled student at a German university

• Profound knowledge of C++

• Experience with ROS

• Background in path planning approaches

• Enthusiasm for mobile robotics

• Fluent in English or German

Was Sie erwarten können

• A leading research team in the outdoor mobile robotics

• You work on our robots in real life applications

• Responsibility and freedom to implement your own ideas

• Work with the best students in their discipline

• Familiar atmosphere including Feature Friday (cake + presentations or demos)

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If you are interested, please upload a short cover letter on your personal favorite topic listed above, CV, current grade in our job portal.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact:

Jennifer Leppich
Recruiting
Tel. +49 711 970-1415

jennifer.leppich@ipa.fraunhofer.de

For questions about the content of the Master's thesis, please contact:

Alexandra Huber

Navigation mobile Roboter

alexandra.huber@ipa.fraunhofer.de

Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA

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