Bachelor / Master thesis topics
(For the sake of simplicity, our topic descriptions are all in English.)
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Adaptive and Collaborative Human-Robot Assembly Planning
In the context of Industry 5.0, the focus is on collaboration between humans and robots through collaborative processes, to enable rapidly adaptable products. However, this requires the robot system to adapt to the user, as is natural in human-human interaction. For this purpose, an assembly process with Lego bricks should be developed on the robot platform of the professorship ... more details
Edge Computing for Local LLM-based HMI
Large Language Models (LLMs) are currently a very popular research topic. Our goal is to transfer current developments to real robotic systems without internet connection. This will improve the possibilities of human-machine interaction.
As part of the bachelor thesis, a sub-project will be carried out. The first step will be a literature review on current methods for speech-interactive local integration of an LLM. In other words ... more details
Interaction Design of a Collaborative Welding Process
Development of an assistance robot for the individual production of welding processes without time-consuming "teaching". The robot holds the component while the human carries out/suggests the welding process. This division enables the human to react to changes in the joining gap and produce precise welded joints. The flexible object positioning by the robot should enable safety through optimal welding and at the same time increase ergonomics and process efficiency. The aim ... more details
Interaction Design of a Collaborative Furniture Assembly Process
This student project focuses on collaborative furniture assembly to promote ergonomic working conditions. The aim is for humans and robots to form a symbiotic team and communicate by means of visual and auditory signals. At the same time, safety is ensured by sensory monitoring. The versatile assembly robot should adapt ergonomically to the worker by holding and positioning the workpiece ergonomically. Three processes ... more details
Understanding and Translation of Everyday Verbal Instructions for a Robotic Agent
Large Language Models (LLMs) are currently a very popular research topic. Our goal is to transfer current developments to real robotic systems as this has a big potential in terms of a more intuitive way to interact with an embodied AI agent.
We will investigate this complex topic in smaller sub-problems. One of ... more details
Colors and Gazes: Robot Intentions Towards the User
In the context of Industry 5.0, there is a growing focus on collaboration between humans and robots. However, the basis for this is that the human understands the robot's intentions. For this purpose, the robot first task is to add a modifiable color/illuminated band that can be attached to different parts of the robot. Next, methods are to be developed as to ... more details
Skeleton-based Human Motion Prediction for Safe Human-Robot-Collaboration
There is an increasing trend towards human-centric automation since suitable hardware like collaborative robots became available. Nevertheless, pro-active instead of re-active safety measures are still lacking. Previous research at the professorship developed a deep neural network, which predicts ... more details
Enhancing Multi-Robot Coordination for Transport Systems
The integration of multi-robot transport systems has the potential to revolutionize logistics and manufacturing by enabling efficient, scalable, and flexible operations.
This thesis aims to explore and improve the coordination strategies of multiple robots operating within a transport system, leveraging the capabilities of the ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2) Navigation Stack. The objective of this research is to refine and optimize ... more details
Bio-Inspired Sensory Maturation
Most living systems, including humans, perceive their environment with a variety of senses (vision, touch, hearing, etc.). When different senses are used simultaneously, a fine-tuned sensory integration (fusion) plays an essential role in ensuring correct perception. However, in human infants and toddlers, for example, sensory organs develop at different rates (maturation of the senses). With that in mind, the aim of this research project is to investigate... more details
Development of a Web Interface for a Human-Robot Workplace
In the context of Industry 5.0, cooperation between humans and robots is becoming increasingly important. However, it is essential that humans are able to understand the robot's intentions. In order to research this area, the professorship has developed an assembly workstation for human-robot interaction. However, as people have different preferences for interaction and communication, a web interface is to be developed and integrated into this work, which will allow ... more details