Energy-Efficient Controller Design for Robotic Manipulation

Robotic manipulation plays a critical role in various applications, including advanced manufacturing, automation, hazardous material transport, and package delivery. However, realizing the full potential of these systems requires overcoming significant challenges such as the nonlinear coupling between robot and payload dynamics, ensuring energy efficiency, achieving precise control, and enabling collaborative manipulation when multiple robots are involved. This project aims to designing an energy-efficient controller for robotic manipulation systems that effectively addresses the nonlinear coupling between robot dynamics and payload dynamics, particularly for complex payloads like liquid containers. This project represents the starting point for a long-term partnership between the home supervisor from the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and the host supervisor from the University of Cincinnati (UC). The collaboration will include joint publications, reciprocal exchanges, pursuing future joint funding opportunities, and student co-supervision. It is expected that this collaboration will lead to future advancements in robotic manipulation, with the possibility of extending to other fields such as advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems, and industrial robotics.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hassan Alkomy

Student:

Partner:

University of Cincinnati

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of New Brunswick

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