Assignments

There are always interesting MSc and BSc assignments available, in the various research project we have.

Below is a list of assignment proposals for which we are looking for students. Have a look around, and when you have found something that interests you, get in contact with the associated RaM member. You can also check our student page to see what assignments our students are currently engaged in. Lastly, be sure to read the page Final projects at RaM.

MSc assignment
Virtual Training Simulator for Endoscopic Middle Ear and Stapes Surgery
A port-based perspective of impedance control
CLEAR-SIGN: Context-guided Learning framework for Elimination of Aberrant Reflections and Specularities in Image-Guided Navigation
Design and Prototyping of an Endoscopic Camera Adaptor for HRIM Catheters in Head and Neck Cancer Care
Sensorized (soft robotic) colon phantom
Sensorless force estimation of soft robotic actuators
Soft Robotic Sleeves for Colonoscopy
Enhancing Endograft Stability: Investigating Optimal EndoAnchor Deployment Strategies
Development of a Liver Phantom Mimicking Respiratory Motion for Robotic Needle Insertion
3D printing nozzle extrusion monitoring through electrical impedance tomography
Vision-Based Real-Time Fingertip Force and Tissue-Stiffness Estimation for Next-Generation Human–Robot Interaction
Automatic segmentation and sensor identification of a catheter in video-fluoroscopic videos from head and neck cancer patients – deep learning approaches
AR-Robot: Augmented Reality Motion Tracking System for Human-Robot Interaction
Magnetic Coupling Localization for Wireless Microrobots
Development of an AI-based tool to enhance mucosal visualization during endoscopy
Development and Control of Sunram/Mamri robot arm (MSc), available from 2026
Modality data reduction and their effect for Teleoperation systems
Latency and Temporal Congruency in Multi-Modal Teleoperation
Study of Self-Driving Functionality: From SDC to Lane Boundary Detection-Based Implementation in Small-Scale Karts
3D Printing Silicone in a Gel Support Matrix
Vision-based Environmental Understanding for Motion Coordination
Real-Time Volume Change from Depth
Dexterous Hand and Arm Motion Tracking and Robotics Interaction
Force-Aware Robo-US Bone Segmentation
EEG-based Human Motion Prediction and Robotics Interaction
Map point-cloud deformation directly to contact force and material stiffness.
Look‑Around & Extract: In‑AR One‑Click Object Cutout (5–8 Items)
Development of Conductive Soft Sensors for Colonoscopy
Software stack for embedding soft optical tactile sensors in aerial physical interaction paradigm
Depth-Based Full Forearm & Hand 3D Reconstruction with Skeletal Coupling (AR)
"RELbot, pick up the screws and throw them in the orange box!"
RELbot control: Implementing controller on FPGA or microcontroller, plus variants
Modeling and Position Control of Soft Pneumatic Endoscopic Actuator based on SOFA Framework
Improvotype Expansion & Theatrification: Designing a Customizable Control Interface for the KUKA iDo Platform
Improvotype Expansion and Theatrification: Creating Detachable Modules for the iDo Platform
Towards the best robot for the task: Experimental validation of co-design models and methods
Towards the best robot for the task: Codesign methods and tools
Implementation of Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms for Respiratory Motion Estimation Models
Haptic Rendering of Ultrasound Probe-Tissue Interaction using a mid-air force-feedback Haptic Device
ARUS - Automatic Robotic Ultrasound Scanning for Bone Segmentation in the Lower Extremity
New concept for robots to harvest green energy from the waves
Design of nonlinear springs to shape oscillations for a double pendulum
Digiworld - Digital Twin for an Endoscopic Surgcial Robot
D-MoCap: Dynamic Multi-Camera Calibration and Motion Tracking for Enhanced MoCap Systems
Real-time monocular 3D reconstruction of the bladder
3D printed electrothermal actuators
Investigating the motion and force response of a 3D printed soft pneumatic actuator
Programming a wound care computer vision algorithm with open-source electronics
Intra-Control - Bilateral Control Scheme for the Integration of Dynamic Medical Imaging and Surgical Robots
Respiratory Motion Estimation using Surrogate Signals
Force sensing in Sunram 7
Intra-Vision: An interactive approach for MRI based interventional navigation
Multimodal Image Registration applied to Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound Hepatic Images
Intra-Vision: Soft tissue deformation estimation by using SOFA and computer vision in robotic laparoscopic surgery
RobErgo - Motion tracking and ergonomic analysis during laparoscopic surgery
RobErgo - Ergonomic assessment of three different robotic consoles using motion analysis trackers
Nonlinear Predictive Control for the OmniMorph Aerial Vehicle
Development of 3D printed sensors for soft robotic actuators
3D printed Nylon/Carbon structures for medical implants with integrated sensing
Faster Reinforcement Learning for AI-based Diagnostic Medical Image Generation
Motion Control of IRONSperm Clusters in the Reproductive Tract
Wireless Mechanical and Hybrid Thrombus Fragmentation of Ex Vivo Endovascular Thrombosis Model in the Iliac Artery
Dynamic excitation of sperm cells: characterization and motion control
Kuka iDo - robot (re)design for performative exploration
Run with your own twin digital athlete: smart wearables for sensing leg biomechanics in the wild
Underwater damage detection via tactile measurement
Safe Robot Learning
Expanding the operation range of 3D printed sensors in Control applications
Learning Passive Policies
DigiWorld - Digitalizing Physical Objects for Extended Reality: From Real to Virtual
Intra-Control: Development of Fully Autonomous 3D Path Planning Algorithm Integrated with Robot for MRI-Safe Breast Cancer Biopsy
Intra-Control: Advancing Tissue Deformation Modeling for Precise Robot Control in MRI-Safe Robot-Assisted Breast Cancer Biopsy
Intra-Vision: Development of an Intra-Operative Vision-Based Volumetry System for Gastric Surgery
D-MoCap: Mechatronic Design of a Dynamic Multi-Camera System for Motion Capture

MSc assignment

Virtual Training Simulator for Endoscopic Middle Ear and Stapes Surgery

A port-based perspective of impedance control

CLEAR-SIGN: Context-guided Learning framework for Elimination of Aberrant Reflections and Specularities in Image-Guided Navigation

Design and Prototyping of an Endoscopic Camera Adaptor for HRIM Catheters in Head and Neck Cancer Care

Sensorized (soft robotic) colon phantom

Sensorless force estimation of soft robotic actuators

Soft Robotic Sleeves for Colonoscopy

Enhancing Endograft Stability: Investigating Optimal EndoAnchor Deployment Strategies

Development of a Liver Phantom Mimicking Respiratory Motion for Robotic Needle Insertion

3D printing nozzle extrusion monitoring through electrical impedance tomography

Vision-Based Real-Time Fingertip Force and Tissue-Stiffness Estimation for Next-Generation Human–Robot Interaction

Automatic segmentation and sensor identification of a catheter in video-fluoroscopic videos from head and neck cancer patients – deep learning approaches

AR-Robot: Augmented Reality Motion Tracking System for Human-Robot Interaction

Magnetic Coupling Localization for Wireless Microrobots

Development of an AI-based tool to enhance mucosal visualization during endoscopy

Development and Control of Sunram/Mamri robot arm (MSc), available from 2026

Modality data reduction and their effect for Teleoperation systems

Latency and Temporal Congruency in Multi-Modal Teleoperation

Study of Self-Driving Functionality: From SDC to Lane Boundary Detection-Based Implementation in Small-Scale Karts

3D Printing Silicone in a Gel Support Matrix

Vision-based Environmental Understanding for Motion Coordination

Real-Time Volume Change from Depth

Dexterous Hand and Arm Motion Tracking and Robotics Interaction

Force-Aware Robo-US Bone Segmentation

EEG-based Human Motion Prediction and Robotics Interaction

Map point-cloud deformation directly to contact force and material stiffness.

Look‑Around & Extract: In‑AR One‑Click Object Cutout (5–8 Items)

Development of Conductive Soft Sensors for Colonoscopy

Software stack for embedding soft optical tactile sensors in aerial physical interaction paradigm

Depth-Based Full Forearm & Hand 3D Reconstruction with Skeletal Coupling (AR)

"RELbot, pick up the screws and throw them in the orange box!"

RELbot control: Implementing controller on FPGA or microcontroller, plus variants

Modeling and Position Control of Soft Pneumatic Endoscopic Actuator based on SOFA Framework

Improvotype Expansion & Theatrification: Designing a Customizable Control Interface for the KUKA iDo Platform

Improvotype Expansion and Theatrification: Creating Detachable Modules for the iDo Platform

Towards the best robot for the task: Experimental validation of co-design models and methods

Towards the best robot for the task: Codesign methods and tools

Implementation of Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms for Respiratory Motion Estimation Models

Haptic Rendering of Ultrasound Probe-Tissue Interaction using a mid-air force-feedback Haptic Device

ARUS - Automatic Robotic Ultrasound Scanning for Bone Segmentation in the Lower Extremity

New concept for robots to harvest green energy from the waves

Design of nonlinear springs to shape oscillations for a double pendulum

Digiworld - Digital Twin for an Endoscopic Surgcial Robot

D-MoCap: Dynamic Multi-Camera Calibration and Motion Tracking for Enhanced MoCap Systems

Real-time monocular 3D reconstruction of the bladder

3D printed electrothermal actuators

Investigating the motion and force response of a 3D printed soft pneumatic actuator

Programming a wound care computer vision algorithm with open-source electronics

Intra-Control - Bilateral Control Scheme for the Integration of Dynamic Medical Imaging and Surgical Robots

Respiratory Motion Estimation using Surrogate Signals

Force sensing in Sunram 7

Intra-Vision: An interactive approach for MRI based interventional navigation

Multimodal Image Registration applied to Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound Hepatic Images

Intra-Vision: Soft tissue deformation estimation by using SOFA and computer vision in robotic laparoscopic surgery

RobErgo - Motion tracking and ergonomic analysis during laparoscopic surgery

RobErgo - Ergonomic assessment of three different robotic consoles using motion analysis trackers

Nonlinear Predictive Control for the OmniMorph Aerial Vehicle

Development of 3D printed sensors for soft robotic actuators

3D printed Nylon/Carbon structures for medical implants with integrated sensing

Faster Reinforcement Learning for AI-based Diagnostic Medical Image Generation

Motion Control of IRONSperm Clusters in the Reproductive Tract

Wireless Mechanical and Hybrid Thrombus Fragmentation of Ex Vivo Endovascular Thrombosis Model in the Iliac Artery

Dynamic excitation of sperm cells: characterization and motion control

Kuka iDo - robot (re)design for performative exploration

Run with your own twin digital athlete: smart wearables for sensing leg biomechanics in the wild

Underwater damage detection via tactile measurement

Safe Robot Learning

Expanding the operation range of 3D printed sensors in Control applications

Learning Passive Policies

DigiWorld - Digitalizing Physical Objects for Extended Reality: From Real to Virtual

Intra-Control: Development of Fully Autonomous 3D Path Planning Algorithm Integrated with Robot for MRI-Safe Breast Cancer Biopsy

Intra-Control: Advancing Tissue Deformation Modeling for Precise Robot Control in MRI-Safe Robot-Assisted Breast Cancer Biopsy

Intra-Vision: Development of an Intra-Operative Vision-Based Volumetry System for Gastric Surgery

D-MoCap: Mechatronic Design of a Dynamic Multi-Camera System for Motion Capture

Internship
Tactile Gripper Challenge: Converting Human tactile touch to robotics gripper touch

BSc assignment
TBD
Development of a Liver Phantom Mimicking Respiratory Motion for Robotic Needle Insertion
Design of a PLUS-server-based training system for surgical navigation
Optimizing Endograft Fixation: The Role of EndoAnchor Configurations in Preventing Aortic Endograft Migration
Bricklayers for increased sensitivity in 3D printed strain gauge
Towards the best robot for the task: Software development for a new robot prototype
Clot Retrieval Using a Wire-Attached Magnetic Robot
Design and Evaluation of Untethered Microrobots for Targeted Blood Clot Removal in Vascular Networks
AI-Guided Anatomy Detection for Robotized Swallow Assessment in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

BSc assignment

TBD

Development of a Liver Phantom Mimicking Respiratory Motion for Robotic Needle Insertion

Design of a PLUS-server-based training system for surgical navigation

Optimizing Endograft Fixation: The Role of EndoAnchor Configurations in Preventing Aortic Endograft Migration

Bricklayers for increased sensitivity in 3D printed strain gauge

Towards the best robot for the task: Software development for a new robot prototype

Clot Retrieval Using a Wire-Attached Magnetic Robot

Design and Evaluation of Untethered Microrobots for Targeted Blood Clot Removal in Vascular Networks

AI-Guided Anatomy Detection for Robotized Swallow Assessment in Head and Neck Cancer Patients