COMPMECH research group has two grants for grad students interesting in continuing their studies as a PhD student. The grants last for 4 years and are related to two research projects financed by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad.
- Compliant parallel manipulators, MEDUSA (DPI2015-64450-R)
MEDUSA research project is directed by Professor Oscar Altuzarra and Professor Fran Campa. The project is focused on the study and manufacture of compliant parallel mechanisms. In this type of mechanisms, the end-effector movement is obtained by the deformation of the elements of the mechanism and not by means of the ordinary kinematics joints. It is a multidisciplinary project, in which the theoretical kinematics and dynamics models of the mechanisms will be developed, also specific materials will be selected and tested attending to their rigidity-deformation properties, and finally, control algorithms will be programmed to actuate the final prototypes. PhD Students dedicated to this project will work in a dynamic environment, developing their research in a new field of study of mechanics and kinematics.
More information can be found at: http://www.ehu.eus/compmech/ultra-flexible-parallel-kinematic-machines/
Contact mails: fran.campa@ehu.es, oscar.altuzarra@ehu.eus.
- Modular design of reconfigurable parallel manipulators with variable topology, MoMaR (DPI2015-67626-P).
The MoMaR research project is leaded by Prof. Víctor Petuya and Prof. Alfonso Hernández. The target is to develop multioperational systems in such a way that the robots can change their configuration to execute multiple tasks. So the main objective of the project is to develop a methodology for modular design of reconfigurable parallel manipulators with variable topology. The project developments will result in a software tool intended to help the design and analysis of this type of mechanisms. Finally, making the most of the knowledge acquired during this project a prototype of reconfigurable parallel manipulator with high-capacity of reconfigurability will be built. To carry out this project, the research group is equipped with data acquisition and computation servers belonging to the Mechanical Engineering Department of the UPV/EHU, having also an Interdepartmental Laboratory equipped with a broad range of materials for prototype building and testing.
More information: http://www.ehu.eus/compmech/modular-design-of-reconfigurable-parallel-manipulators-with-variable-topology-momar-dpi2015-67626-p/
Contact mails: victor.petuya@ehu.eus, a.hernandez@ehu.eus.