DESCRIPTION :
1)Conducting in-the-field data collection of workers at the logistics center of the Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (CHRU) of Nancy (Unité de production culinaire, blanhisserie);
2)Performing kinematic and dynamic analyses to identify the parts of the human kinematic chain most affected by the movements;
3)Testing different exoskeletons to determine which solutions provide the most effective assistance to users.
About the team:
The candidate will join the Human Centered Robotics team (HUCEBOT) in the Inria Center of the University of Lorraine in Nancy, France.
The team HUCEBOT develops control, learning, and interaction skills of human-centered robots, such as humanoid, mobile manipulators and exoskeletons. The team develops learning and control algorithms for teleoperated / supervised / autonomous robots, involved in complex manipulation tasks in man-made environments. It also develops AI-based control for wearable exoskeletons designed to assist humans at work, drones and quadrupeds to explore complex environments. The team has excellent robotics facilities, including several humanoid robots (Talos, iCub, G1), manipulators, drones, passive and active exoskeletons, wearable sensors, force plates etc. Its laboratory has a 3D printing facility and a mechatronic workshop for prototyping and maintenance, and a motion capture room with Qualisys and Xsens sensors.
The team consists of many research scientists, postdocs, PhD and has the support of 1 software and 1 mechatronics engineer. The team is international - English and French speaking. French is not required, although free French classes are available in the institute for non-French speakers.
About the laboratory and Nancy:
The Inria Center of the University of Lorraine, is co-located with the Loria laboratory, in the Science and Technology Campus of the University of Lorraine (Nancy, France), next to the Botanical Gardens, at 20 minutes by public transportation or bike from the Nancy train station and City Center. Several student residences and facilities are at walking distance. Nancy is a University town, with a high quality of life and a vibrant student, Erasmus and expat community. Life is Nancy is very affordable compared to Paris, it is easy to find a student residence or apartment. Team members can also access to SUAPS, the University's sports facilities.
About Nancy in France:
Nancy is the capital of the Grand Est region in France. It is well connected by train to Paris (90 min), Strasbourg (90 min), Luxembourg and Germany. There are direct trains from Nancy to the Paris airport CDG and the Luxembourg airport LUX.
The region around Nancy is ideal for outdoor activities: there are many country trails, long bike trails, forests, mountains, lakes, ski in winter too.
Mission confiée
This internship will be conducted as part of the EXOSIM LUE project, which aims to develop a digital tool to select and evaluate exoskeletons for employees. The project focuses on analyzing the common movements performed by these professionals, assessing their biomechanical characteristics, particularly in relation to posture and load handling. This project is in collaboration with the Nancy Regional University Hospital (CHRU), and the experiments will be related to the mansions carried out at the Unité de production culinaire (UPC - Culinary production unit) and the blanhisserie (Laundry).
The goal of this internship is to design and conduct an experimental protocol to evaluate the impact of different exoskeletons during work-related tasks. As part of the EXOSIM project, a preliminary study has already been carried out to identify the tasks (at UPC and Blanchisserie) that would benefit most from exoskeleton assistance. A simplified version of the selected workstations will be recreated in the laboratory to reproduce realistic working conditions. During the internship, the candidate will be responsible for collecting human motion capture data of participants performing object manipulation tasks - such as pick-and-place and box carrying - both with and without exoskeleton assistance, in double stance and while walking. In addition, participants' subjective preferences regarding the evaluated exoskeletons will be assessed through dedicated questionnaires. Following data collection, the intern will be responsible for analyzing both objective and
subjective measurements, with the aim of comparing conditions without exoskeleton assistance to those with different types of assistance using appropriate statistical analyses.
The internship is for a 4 to 6 months period and must terminate before mid-July.
The candidate will collaborate with Serena Ivaldi (researcher), Pauline Maurice (researcher) and Anna Bucchieri (postdoc).
Principales activités
* Review state of the art in occupational exoskeletons and approaches to estimate human biomechanical quantities.
* Design an experimental protocol to test exoskeletons in a simulated working station in the lab.
* Carry out experiments with people wearing different type of exoskeletons.
* Analyze results (objective and subjective) to determine which exoskeleton would be the best fit during work-related tasks.
* Write report
* Collaborate with the team on the current experiments and developments
* Participate in the team and the project's relevant activities and events
Niveau de formation : Bac+3
Temps partiel / Temps plein : Plein temps
Type de contrat : Stage/Jeune diplômé
Compétences : Impression en 3D, Intelligence Artificielle, Motion Capture, Anglais, Français, Sens de la Communication, Sens de l'Inclusion, Sens de l'Organisation, Honnêteté, Esprit d'Équipe, Curiosité, Biomécanique, Collecte de Données, Expérimentation, Maintenance et Dépannage, Mesure et Métrologie, Mécatronique, Loisirs de Plein Air, Réalisation de Prototypes, Conception et Réalisation en Robotique, Etudes et Statistiques, Control Methods, Réalisation de Tests, Drones, Capteurs
Courriel :
serena.ivaldi@inria.fr
Téléphone :
0139635511
Type d'annonceur : Employeur direct
