Technician in product design for wearable sensors

at  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

WHO WE ARE

At IIT we work enthusiastically to develop human-centered Science and Technology to tackle some of the most pressing societal challenges of our times and transfer these technologies to the production system and society. Our Genoa headquarter is strictly inter-connected with our 11 centers around Italy and two outer-stations based in the US for a truly interdisciplinary experience.

YOUR TEAM

The Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence research unit (https://ami.iit.it/) is seeking to appoint a full-time product designer for wearable sensors and humanoid robots.
The selected candidate will develop product design methods for the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence cutting-edge robotics research. In particular, the selected candidate will contribute to the ergoCub joint laboratory https://ergocub.eu/ between IIT and INAIL. INAIL, the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work, is an Italian public non-profit entity whose goal is to safeguard workers against physical injuries and occupational diseases. The selected candidate will work in taking the human motion tracking technologies developed at IIT to the next level, preparing proof of concept technologies that will try to address the fundamental societal challenges that INAIL is aiming to solve: helping reduce injuries in the workplace and facilitating the return to work of people injured at the workplace.
Beside the above research area, the product design methods will be also used for the other research axes of the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence, namely, to: give humanoid robots the ability to fly (https://ami.iit.it/aerial-humanoid-robotics), give humanoid robots the ability to help and collaborate with humans (https://ami.iit.it/human-robot-collaboration), give humans the ability to exist in another place via humanoid robots (https://ami.iit.it/telexistence).
We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic technician who will join our team to improve the state of art in human and humanoid robotics research.
The successful candidate will be involved in the development of product design methods for wearable sensors that allow force and motion tracking system. Research will be conducted at the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence research unit. The laboratory, led by Dr. Daniele Pucci, combines theoretical investigations with real-time practical implementation on real hardware and embedded electronics.
This open position/research is funded by INAIL within the project: “ErgoCub-2.0 - Gestione integrata, predittiva e responsabile dei profili di rischio nei nuovi contesti lavorativi ibridi: collaborazione uomo-robot e intelligenza artificiale” (CUP J53C24000540005).

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