Junior Research Fellow (JRF) for Developing an Aerial Robot for Agriculture
Applications are invited for filling up the following post of JRF for a project funded by Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN) Sanctioned by DST under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). The details of the project and essential skillset required from the applicants are mentioned below.
Description Project:
Development of an Autonomous Aerial Robotic System for Harvesting (AARSHa) Coconuts. The project involves development of a multirotor (DRONE) based robotic system for harvesting. A multirotor need to be developed with necessary attachments to solve the needs of the agriculture and entire system has to tested in laboratory and real farms.
Number of Positions: 02
Duration of the project: 18 months.
Note: If the candidate fulfils the Institute criteria, admission in Ph.D. is considered.
Essential qualification: MTech in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electronics and Communications, Robotics, embedded system. B Tech Candidates with strong knowledge of the required fields will also be considered.
Desired Skillset:
Experience in flying, making and testing of multirotor (DRONE).
Experience in working on sensors, actuators and motion generation for robots.
Programming in MATLAB & Simulink/Python/C/C++.
Knowledge related to robot kinematics and dynamics.
Experience in image processing and SLAM is an additional advantage.
Salary: CTC 4 to 5 lakhs.
How to apply?
Please submit your application (CV, with cover letter) to the mail ids given below. Keep the subject as “JRF application for AARSHa”)
For more information, related to position and project please write to Dr. Janardhan V (PI of the project) (janardhan.vistapalli@mahindraunviersity.edu.in )
For application and institute related information contact Mr. Anil Kadali (anil.kadali@mahindrauniversity.edu.in )
