Design of robot for spacecraft applications

Short description of the research activity The candidate will develop a simulation
environment for analysis, functional design and performance evaluation of different
robotic devices based on a spacecraft and intended for space operations between
either spacecrafts or spacecraft and non-cooperating natural or artificial objects.
Examples of applications are docking between two spacecrafts, berthing or
manipulation tasks, debris removal. The candidate will also analyze different
strategies for both attitude control of the spacecraft and control of the robotic
device according to its operating task.
Precision control is vital to the success of robotic systems, enabling robots to move in safe, effective, and predictable ways. IRIM explores
new approaches to the challenges associated with placing human operators in robotic control loops, including better collision avoidance,
disturbance negation, and collaborative locomotion. We focus on developing new methods for hybrid and behavior-based controls to improve
coordinated sensing and action.

Robotic devices and systems

Autonomous air, sea, undersea, and land vehicles
Space exploration and development
Intelligent control systems
Biomimetic modeling, dynamics, and control
Cooperating robots for manufacturing and assembly
Cooperative control of natural and engineered groups
Identification of dynamic system models
Optimal state estimation and control

http://web.mit.edu/research/topic/ai.html
http://www.cs.umn.edu/research/research_areas/robotics_and_ai.php
http://www.cairo.utm.my/cairo/
http://www.csd.cs.cmu.edu/research/areas/ai/
http://www.aaai.org/Pressroom/Releases/release-03-0807.php
All the best,
1) Reasoning and knowledge representation
2) Behavior planning
3) Human-robot interaction
4) Brain-robot interaction (my field precisely)
5) Computational models for communication

6) Learning
7) Plan recognition
8) Decision making
9) Motion and path planning
10) Robotic vision

Human-robot interaction (HRI) research focuses on developing robots that can work cooperatively with people in dynamic human
environments. Applications include building systems that are cognitively compatible with human partners, mechanical systems that account
for human capabilities, and control systems that model interactions with humans. IRIM has a broad portfolio of projects in HRI.

Multi-Objective Optimization of Electric Discharge Machining for Inconel 718

Authors
Pushpendra S Bharti, S Maheshwari

Optimization of different welding processes using statistical and numerical approaches A

reference guide
Welding input parameters play a very significant role in determining the quality of a weld joint. The joint quality can be defined in terms of
properties such as weld-bead geometry, mechanical properties, and distortion. Generally, all welding processes are used with the aim of
obtaining a welded joint with the desired weld-bead parameters, excellent mechanical properties with minimum distortion.
Nowadays, application of design of experiment (DoE), evolutionary algorithms and computational network are widely used to develop a
mathematical relationship between the welding process input parameters and the output variables of the weld joint in order to determine the
welding input parameters that lead to the desired weld quality. A comprehensive literature review of the application of these methods in the
area of welding has been introduced herein. This review was classified according to the output features of the weld, i.e. bead geometry and
mechanical properties of the welds.

Mechanical and metallurgical characterization of friction stir welding joints of AA6061-T6 with
AA6082-T6

P.M.G.P. Moreira ,
T. Santos ,
S.M.O. Tavares ,
V. Richter-Trummer ,
P. Vilaa ,
P.M.S.T. de Castro
a, ,

A mechanical and metallurgical characterization of friction stir welded butt joints of aluminium alloy 6061-T6 with 6082-T6 was
carried out. For comparison, similar material joints made from each one of the two alloys were used. The work included
microstructure examination, microhardness, tensile and bending tests of all joints. An approximate finite element model of the joint,
taking into account the spatial dependence of the tensile strength properties, was made, modelling a bending test of the weldments.
This study shows that the friction stir welded dissimilar joint present intermediate mechanical properties when compared with each
base material. In tensile tests the dissimilar joint displayed intermediate properties. For instance in the hardness profile the lowest
values were obtained in the AA6082-T6 alloy plate side where rupture occurred, and in the nugget all type of joints present similar
values.

Keywords

Friction stir welding;

Metallographic analysis;
Mechanical characterization;
Bending test;
Dissimilar joints