VLSI Design

1. Universität Rostock | Institut für Automatisierungstechnik
18119 Rostock, R.-Wagner-Str. 31 / Haus 8 Institut für
Automatisierungstechnik
Direktor:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil.
Kerstin Thurow
Universität Rostock
Fakultät für Informatik
Open Thesis in Machine Vision / Robotics und Elektrotechnik
Postadresse:
R.-Wagner-Str. 31
Development of a Colony Picking Robot 18119 Rostock
Fon +49(0)381 498-7701
Fax +49(0)381 498-7702
The Center for Life Science Automation (celisca) is developing a camera based sensor
Kerstin.Thurow@uni-rostock.de
http://www.iat.uni-rostock.de
system for pipetting robots (see Fig. 1) A pipettor is a device to automatically
1).
transport and pipette liquids. By equipping a pipettor with optical sensors, its
operating scope can be expanded. For example, it can be used as a colony picking
system.
Figure 1: Pipettor of Beckman Coulter [source: www.beckman
: www.beckman-coulter.com]
A colony picking system finds healthy colonies of cells on a petri dish and picks them
(see Fig. 2). It is used by biologists to clone large numbers of colonies. Such systems
played a key role in the Human Genome Project, and still play in genetics research,
where millions of colonies are needed to decode genes.
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2. Previously, the image processing algorithms to robustly detect colonies were
developed by students. The next step is to port these algorithms in our C++
framework and to realize the interface to the robot.
Tasks:
• Implementation of our tested algorithms in C++
• Validation of the ported algorithms
• Conceptual design of the sensor – robot interface and development
• Validation of the whole system
Figure 2: a) original picture b) detection results c) classified objects
Prerequisites:
• Basic (or better) programming skills C/C++
• Knowledge of Matlab/Octave
• Helpful courses or equivalent knowledge (not compulsory):
o Information and Communication Theory, Signal Processing
o Automation and Control Technology
o Robotics Seminar
We offer this subject as Masters or Diploma thesis, Bachelor is also possible. If you
are interested in this topic please contact
contact:
Dipl.-Ing. Kai Ritterbusch
Friedrich-Barnewitz Str. 8, 18119 Rostock
Barnewitz
kai.ritterbusch@celisca.de
0381/498-7806