Browsing Master's theses in Mechatronics by Title
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Design, Modeling and Simulation of a Buffer and Injection Unit for Deep Sea Mining
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis presents a design of a buffer and injection unit used in deep sea mining. The design process has presented a promising concept, that has been validated through modeling and simulations. The main task for the ... -
Design, Modelling and Simulation of Electro-Hydraulic Self-Contained Cylinders based on Digital Hydraulics
(Master thesis, 2018)Nowadays, hydraulic cylinders are mostly powered by a separate HPU and controlled by conventional servo and proportional valves. New trends have been under development the last years. The first trend is self-contained ... -
Developing a Free-Falling Robotic Cat With Righting Reflex
(Master thesis, 2020)Changing the orientation of a body in free fall is a useful skill, found in cats. The applicationsrange from zero-gravity in space to damage control of a falling object. This thesis aims to create arobot cat able to always ... -
Development of a HIL Simulator for Hydraulically Actuated Cranes Using TwinCAT and Unreal Engine
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{Development of a mobile manipulator robot kit for educational purposes
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis focuses on designing, building, and developing a prototype of a mobile robot base for a manipulator mobile robot using the Robot Operating System (ROS) 2 as a part of a larger project conducted by the mechatronics ... -
Development of a model-based control system for the Gantry-Tau parallel kinematic machine
(Master thesis, 2011)The purpose of this thesis was to develop a control system for the Gantry-Tau Parallel Kinematic Machine, based in the motion behaviour of the robot, verification stages of the model and testing with an actual prototype. The ... -
Development of a Semi-autonomous Holonomic Load Carrier with Multi-camera Perception
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis documents the development of a load carrier capable of carrying ten advanced personal robots. The robots of concern are Segway Robotics’ Loomo,which are used for education purposes at the University of Agder. ... -
Development of a vision-based measurement system for relative motion compensation
(Master thesis, 2014)Motion compensation is used in many applications where no relative motion between two objects is desired. In the offshore industry, motion compensation systems are used to increase the operational window during load transfers ... -
Development of computer vision system to detect and identify flexible structures
(Master thesis, 2022)Development and implementation of end-to-end model-free 3D segmentation for industrial purposes -
Development of Genetic and GPU-Based Brute Force Algorithms for Optimal Sensor Placement
(Master thesis, 2018)Optimal sensor placement is a complicated task where several parameters have to be considered simultaneously. The problem has been a subject of much research in the last decades, but there does not seem to be a consensus ... -
Development of simulation model for virtual testing and design of a riser tensioner system
(Master thesis, 2011)This project contains a study of a wireline riser tensioner system provided by TTS Energy. A mathematical model is derived for both the pneumatic-, hydraulic and the mechanical system. The main motivation for this work ... -
Development of System for Deterrence of Animals using Artificial Intelligence
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis is part of the Mechatronics masters program at the University of Agder (UiA). It describes the development of an animal deterrence system, using computer vision with embedded systems for edge computing. Household ... -
Development, modeling and simulation of test equipment for subsea choke valves
(Master thesis, 2014)As a step toward being more e_ective and to improve test procedures, GE Oil & Gas wants to develop a workshoptool to automate the testing of Choke Valves. The Choke Valve Workshop Tool (CVWT) main functionis to operate the ... -
Digital Twin of 3d Motion Compensated Gangway Use of Unity Game Engine and TwinCAT PLC Control for Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis presents the development, implementation, and testing of a digital twin representing a 3D compensated gangway located on a service operation vessel for wind farms The real-time simulator runs on a separate ... -
Dual-speed planetary gearbox for internal mounting in winch drum : design, actuation, and control
(Master thesis, 2018)Konfidensiell til / confidential until 01.07.2023 -
Dynamic modeling of digital High-Torque Low-Speed hydraulic motor
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Electric Vehicle Battery Module Dismantling "Analysis and Evaluation of Robotic Dismantling Techniques for Irre- versible Fasteners, including Object Detection of Components."
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis examines a study of The Litium-Ion Battery (LIB) from a electric vehicle, and it’s recycling processes. A Battery Module (BM) from the LIB is shredded when considered an End-Of-Life product, and motivates for ... -
Error kinematic modeling and calibration of the 3-DOF Gantry-Tau parallel kinematic machine
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis presents the results of an investigation into modeling the kinematic errors of the Gantry-Tau Parallel Kinematic Manipulator. The calculations has been done onto the Gantry-Tau which has been designed in ... -
External measurements and analysis of slew motion of the crane
(Master thesis, 2019)Konfidensiell til / confidential until 01.07.2024