Title: Human-robot cooperation for hybrid assembly systems

Project background
Facing the fierce competition, manufacturers are looking for sustainable and flexible solutions to meet
customers’ ever increasing demand towards high variety, high quality and low cost. Recent research shows
that human robot cooperation will form an effective partnership which offers enhanced productivity and
flexibility. Robot is good at repetitive tasks but not excel in recognition and decision, while human operators
have great recognition and reasoning ability but lack of precision and consistency. Combining the merits from
both parties will maximise the system efficiency and adaptability. For this aim, this project is to develop a
human-robot cooperation method for hybrid assembly systems for future factory of aircraft production.
Project Aim
The overall aim of this project is to design a human-robot cooperated production line for aircraft assembly.
The objectives are listed as follows.
 Comprehend existing manual processes in aircraft assembly
 Propose an allocation method for assigning suitable operations and co-operations to both human and
robot
 Design a decision making strategy in between human and robot
 Develop a compliance control method to implement human robot collaboration
 Develop a demonstrator via 3D simulation and physical experiments
 Conduct cost/time benefit analysis to compare with current processes

Key skills required for the post:
 A bachelor degree in Engineering (Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering, Manufacturing,
Mechatronics, or relevant) with an overall average at 85% or above; or a master degree with an
overall average at least 80%.
 Knowledge of robot programming considered as advantage
 Knowledge of robot control and sensing considered as advantage
 Time management skills
 Oral and written communication skills

Key transferable skills that will be developed during the PhD:
The student will get comprehensive training on robot control and programming, and advanced discrete event
simulation for design the hybrid assembly line. These skills are highly sought after in the job market, and they
are well fit to the priority area of both Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing in ‘Made in China 2025’. In
addition, the student will benefit from the usage of real engineering data on real industrial examples, so as to
developing their understanding of real engineering business. Specifically, the researcher will gain the
following skills:
 Innovative thinking in design the human-robot assembly system
 Robot control method
 Discrete event simulation software
 Method for cost benefit analysis
 Experimental methods
 Project and time management training to ensure milestones of the project are delivered.
 Effective dissemination of research findings through presentation at international conferences and
publication in high quality technical journals.
 Interpersonal skills within a multidisciplinary team including academics and industrialists

導(dǎo)師聯(lián)系方式及簡介
First/Lead Supervisor and their contact details： Dr Yan Jin (Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer), Email: y.jin@qub.ac.uk   Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 4102
https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Sc ... emicStaff/DrYanJin/

Second Supervisor and their contact details:       Dr Adrian Murphy (Director of Research of Aerospace and Manufacturing Cluster)
https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Sc ... aff/DrAdrianMurphy/

貝爾法斯特女王大學(xué)（Queen\'s University Belfast）于1845年由維多利亞女王建校，因此為女王大學(xué)。為英國頂尖名校，全球百強(qiáng)名校。是一所享譽(yù)歐洲的公立頂級研究型大學(xué)，該校擁有全英國和愛爾蘭頂級醫(yī)學(xué)院和工程學(xué)院，該校的醫(yī)學(xué)院，商學(xué)院，工學(xué)院以及管理學(xué)院也都在全愛爾蘭名列前茅。該大學(xué)位于英國的北愛爾蘭首府貝爾法斯特，其教研歷史悠久，學(xué)術(shù)成就昭著，是英國和愛爾蘭歷史最悠久的大學(xué)之一，并且也是英國著名的常青藤名校羅素集團(tuán)大學(xué)成員之一。
同時，貝爾法斯特女王大學(xué)在北愛爾蘭的經(jīng)濟(jì)，政治和文化生活中起到舉足輕重的作用，北愛爾蘭的科學(xué)技術(shù)中心就建于女王大學(xué)。在愛爾蘭半島貝爾法斯特女王大學(xué)和都柏林圣三一學(xué)院也被合稱之為愛爾蘭的牛津劍橋。該大學(xué)也是培養(yǎng)愛爾蘭乃至歐洲商業(yè)金融、高科技產(chǎn)業(yè)、電影藝術(shù)，藥劑學(xué)等專業(yè)人才的搖籃。
https://baike.baidu.com/link?url ... QX4TJvMo92OlmhIrZbs

招聘信息可見學(xué)院官網(wǎng)
https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Sc ... rospaceEngineering/

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