Thesis Engineering Student : suction cup swapper

Company Description

Movu Robotics
Innovation, ambitious growth, technology, state-of-the-art robots – that’s Movu Robotics in a nutshell. Due to the in-house design and manufacturing process of our systems, an exciting, hands-on work environment with plenty of challenges and advancement opportunities is guaranteed. Will you help shape the future of intralogistics?

Engineering
Address
Lokeren, Belgium

Job Description

1.1 Goal : 

Conceptualize, design, manufacture and test a system to be able to swap suction cups on the-fly on our current vacuum tools for the Cognibotics robot.

1.2 Components

  • Robot side
  • Tool side
  • Air filter
  • (Modular) tool holder                                                                                                                           

1.3 Preferences

  • On-the-fly swap, no stops
  • Easy to swap suctions cups in tool holder (manually)
  • Useable with current vacuum tool or future tools -> adapters for tool side
  • Useable with different sizes (threads) of suction cups -> adapters for suction cup side
  • Lightweight (alu, plastics)
  • Low maintenance (low number of parts, durable gaskets, no lubricants, durable sliding components, …)
  • Low cost (low number of parts, easily made)
  • Airtight with minimal sealing degradation over time   

 1.4 Process

  • Market study
  • Concept study (hold/release systems, sealing system, …)
  • Component, material and surface finish selecঞon / calculations (springs, … / plastics, … / anodizing, …)
  • Budget
  • Design (3D / 2D)
  • Parts ordering and prodution
  • Assembly
  • Sution cup swap testing: functional + duration testing at different speeds and with different offsets (swapper holder)
  • Vacuum level testing (sealing efficiency reference)

Qualifications

Required competences:

 

  • Bachelor last year or Master Engineering
  • You live in Belgium and speak Dutch or English
  • You work at least 4 days in the office in Lokeren
  • Minimum duration of 3 months

Additional Information

What we offer you?

  • A place in an enthusiastic, young organisation with the necessary ambitions
  • The necessary freedom and the opportunity to take initiatives
  • Location Office : Lokeren

Unsolicited representations by third parties (recruitment agencies, headhunters, ...) of CVs via mail and/or telephone for our vacancies are considered as direct applications where no compensation is provided to the third party. Any T&Cs from these third parties will not be accepted unless upon signature of the T&Cs by a person in charge of HR. Candidates remain registered in the system for 12 months and cannot be proposed again during this period.

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