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Mathematics | systems and control internship: wafer handler optimization Beschrijving Introduction The Wafer Handler department in Veldhoven plays a key role in transporting wafers throughout ASML lithography systems. During this internship, you will contribute to improving wafer handling throughput by developing an optimization approach for robot motion. The assignment focuses on reducing robot move time while respecting physical and operational constraints. Your work will help explore new possibilities for faster and more efficient wafer transport in a simulated environment. If you enjoy mathematical modeling, optimization, and translating theory into practical solutions, this internship could be a great fit. Your assignment Within the Wafer Handler domain, robots transfer wafers between modules using three degrees of freedom. Current motion strategies are not fully time-optimal and can limit overall system throughput. During this internship, you will investigate optimization techniques from literature and develop an algorithm that generates time-optimal motion setpoints while satisfying system constraints. Success is achieved when the proposed method demonstrates measurable throughput improvements in simulation. Your main responsibilities will be: - Analyze the existing robot motion problem and performance limitations - Research optimization methods and relevant scientific literature - Translate system constraints into a mathematical optimization framework - Develop algorithms for generating time-optimal motion setpoint profiles - Implement and test the solution using MATLAB and programming tools - Validate the proposed approach in a simulation environment - Quantify and present the achieved performance improvements This is a master's thesis internship for 4 to 6 months, minimum 5 days per week (3 days on-site). The start date of this internship is as soon as possible. Your profile To be suitable for the internship, yo...