Robot-Driven Toothbrush IMU Validation Intern

Philips; Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 5,600 - 7,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing compensation

Travel compensation

Paid holidays per internship term

Job summary

Philips Oral Healthcare in Eindhoven offers an internship for a MSc student or final-year BSc candidate in robotics-related fields. You will build and validate a repeatable IMU testing protocol for toothbrushes using a 6-DOF robot arm, OptiTrack, and toothbrush IMUs.

You will commission the Jetson/ROS 2 workflow, calibrate coordinate frames, and design tests to quantify motion replay accuracy and cross-brush similarities. English required.

Qualifications

• MSc student or final-year BSc in Robotics, Mechatronics, Mechanical/Electrical/Biomedical Engineering, Applied Physics, Computer Science or Data Science.
• Python programming and confidence working in Linux.
• Basic linear algebra, 3D rotations and signal-processing skills.
• Affinity with hands-on experiments and systematic validation.

Responsibilities

• Commission the Jetson/ROS 2 robot and OptiTrack workflow and implement safe trajectory replay.
• Define the brush-head TCP and calibrate robot, OptiTrack, marker and IMU coordinate frames.
• Design static and dynamic tests: ±X/±Y/±Z orientations and motions, plus roll/pitch/yaw at several speeds.
• Synchronise OptiTrack and IMU data; quantify replay accuracy, repeatability and cross-brush similarity.
• Deliver reusable software, a validated protocol and a technical report.

Skills

Python

Linux

3D rotations

Signal processing

Education

MSc or final-year BSc in Robotics, Mechatronics, Mechanical/Electrical/Biomedical Engineering, Applied Physics, Computer Science or Data Science

Tools

SeeedStudio reBot Arm B601-RS

OptiTrack motion capture

ROS 2

Jetson/ROS 2 robot

Job description

Philips Oral Healthcare in Eindhoven offers an internship for a MSc student or final-year BSc candidate in robotics-related fields. You will build and validate a repeatable IMU testing protocol for toothbrushes using a 6-DOF robot arm, OptiTrack, and toothbrush IMUs.

You will commission the Jetson/ROS 2 workflow, calibrate coordinate frames, and design tests to quantify motion replay accuracy and cross-brush similarities. English required.