Intern - Robotics
Distalmotion SA, Switzerland

6 months Internship: July 2021 - February 2022

Project: Robot control improvements

During the internship, you will be involved in the prototyping, development and potentially design verification of building blocks for a surgical robot control system, on varied research topics such as (but not limited to):

• Modeling, identification of a robotic arm
• Inverse and forward kinematics, singularity avoidance
• End-effector amp; remote center of motion control
• Impedance amp; admittance control
• Collision detection and avoidance

Contributing to design documentation and creating feasibility technical reports is a mandatory part of this internship. This internship may require designing and assembling test fixtures.

You will have the opportunity to perform hands-on work with a ground-breaking surgical robotics system Dexter in a highly regulated environment.

Requirements

• BSc. in microengineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, computer science, physics, mathematics (or deemed similar).
• Proficient in MATLAB/Simulink. Python and C/C++ a plus.
• Knowledge of SOLIDWORKS a plus.
• Affinity for control systems, robotics, mechatronics, programming.
• English is a must for establishment of reports.
• Motivated and autonomous.
• Valid work permit.

Benefits

• A highly attractive opportunity to join a fast-growing medical device company active in one of the most promising fields of medicine.
• A dynamic atmosphere in an internationally minded environment.

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