Semester and Master Project
You will find here a list of current semester/master projects. If a project catches your attention, don’t hesitate to contact us at info@epfl-xplore.ch, even if it is not yet confirmed!
Quick overview, more information below.
triangulation of the position of the Rover
Design a low power integrated electronics with antenna that will be placed on the field 3 times in order to localise the rover using triangulation.
Laboratory:MAG
Mainly for: MT, RO, EL
State: pending
Robotic arm controller
Development of in-house motor controllers (PCB+ software)
Laboratory: DESL
Mainly for: MT, RO, EL
State: Available
Raman Improvement
Improve the current Raman spectrometer prototype to make it work.
Laboratory: LQNO
Mainly for: GM, MT
State: Taken
integrated avionics redesign
Redesign the avionics boards as to have only 1 integrated board
Laboratory: BNMS
Mainly for: EL, MT, RO
State: Available
Arm Control
Qualify the control of a robotic arm by comparing different hardware configurations using ROS.
Laboratory: Rehassist
Mainly for: MT, RO
State: Taken
IP64 compliance
Allow the Rover to be humidity and dust resistant.
Laboratory: BIOROB
Mainly for: MT, GM, RO
State: Taken
Mission Concept Design
Develop the Concept of operations of a polar and lunar Rover mission.
Laboratory: eSpace
Mainly for: GM, MT, space minor
State: Taken
ML: Lidar Odometry
Train a model to estimate the position of the Rover only using the 3D point cloud (dataset given).
Laboratory: VITA
Mainly for: IC, MT, RO
State: Taken
ML: Stereo Camera Odometry
Train a model to estimate the position of the Rover only using the 3D point cloud (dataset given), but this time using a stereo camera.
Laboratory: VITA
Mainly for: IC, MT, RO
State: Taken
Short Time Reinforcement Learning
Train the Rover to be able to handle complex terrains just using internal sensors.
Laboratory: VITA
Mainly for: IC, MT, RO
Note: Possible for 2 students
State: Taken
Rover Curiosity Behavior
Handle the behavior of the Rover when faced with an incomplete map.
Laboratory: VITA
Mainly for: IC, MT, RO
State: Taken
Signal Tracking
Design a signal tracking system for uniderectional antenna (design +implementation).
Laboratory: TBD
Mainly for: IC, MT, EL
State: Unavailable
System Engineering
Perform the job of a system engineer (SE) on a space mission and develop Manufacturing, Integration, V&V and Testing plans for a rover project.
Laboratory: eSpace
Mainly for: Space minor
State: Taken
Power & Thermal Management
Design a reliable circuit to power all subsystems onboard a Rover and develop strategies to limit heating.
Laboratory: PEL
Mainly for: EL, MT
State: Taken