Bouw of Installatie vacatures in Zandvoort

Technology

• Remote Handling Compatibility Analysis

Service Robotics for Care

Internship for Bachelor or Master Student

• Associated project: EUROSTARS - iCaLo
• Contact person: Jasper Schol, MSc

Background

Hospitals and care homes face growing logistical challenges that divert staff from patient care. The iCaLo project aims to create a fully autonomous robotic logistics system to support healthcare staff by handling routine transport and delivery tasks.

HIT contributes to iCaLo by developing and testing both the hardware and software that enable these autonomous robots to operate safely and effectively in real-world care environments.

About the Internship

Depending on your background, interests, and the current stage of the project, your internship may involve topics such as:

• Social & context-aware navigation
• Object detection and tracking
• Autonomous manipulation
• Haptic teleoperation
• Whole-body control
• Learning from demonstration
• Gripper hardware/software design and integration

You'll work closely with our research and engineering team to design, implement, and evaluate robotic solutions in simulation and/or on the real robot. Specific the Tiago Pro, or Tiago Omni base of PAL robotics.

What We Offer

• Compensation: €400/month
• Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art robotics
• Guidance through weekly sprints, bi-weekly progress meetings, and daily supervision
• An international, collaborative environment

Requirements

A Bachelor's or Master's student in Robotics, AI, Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.

Experience in:

• Python and/or C++
• ROS (Robot Operating System)
• Proactive, motivated, and eager to learn

How to Apply

Send your CV, a short motivation letter, and your preferred topic(s) to:

Applications are reviewed on a bi-weekly basis.