Internship: Control of a Tendon-Driven Robotic Hand
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SenseGlove is offering an internship project: Control of a Tendon-Driven Robotic Hand.
SenseGlove develops advanced haptic and robotic interaction systems, such as force-feedback gloves. We are currently developing robotic hands that work in tandem with our gloves to provide a complete teleoperation solution for use in research, training, and tele-robotics.
In this project, you will work on the control stack of a multi-DOF, tendon-driven humanoid robotic hand. Your work will focus on position and force control, with the goal of achieving stable, accurate, and safe manipulation.
As a final validation step, the robotic hand will be operated using a SenseGlove (the R1 glove), demonstrating that the controller performs robustly under human-in-the-loop operation.
Responsibilities
- Model relevant aspects of a tendon-driven finger system
- Design and implement position, force, or hybrid control strategies
- Integrate sensor feedback (encoders, force and pressure sensors)
- Tune controller stability
- Experimentally evaluate control performance in:
- Free-space motion
- Contact with rigid and compliant objects
- Grasping and holding scenarios
- Document methods, results, and design trade-offs
- Deliver a final demonstration using the Force Grasp robotic hand controlled via the R1 glove
Who We’re Looking For
- You are enrolled in the Robotics master or a closely related field.
- You have a strong foundation in:
- Feedback control
- System dynamics
- Linear systems (experience with nonlinear systems is a plus)
- Additionally, you are:
- Comfortable working with real robotic hardware
- Proficient in C++ and Python
- Analytical, structured, and interested in experimental validation
What we offer?
- Duration: 3–6 months (flexible)
- Access to real tendon-driven robotic hardware
- Opportunity to extend into a thesis topic
- Opportunity to publish or contribute to internal research outputs
- Validation through real-world tele-operation
- A collaborative R&D environment in Rotterdam
- An open and vibrant work culture
- Bi-weekly company lunch
- Quarterly team activities
- Weekly fresh fruit delivery in office
- Monthly compensation of €342
SenseGlove is a Delft based startup that develops tools for Virtual Reality. At SenseGlove we see virtual and augmented reality as enabler an for real world applications. Our believe is that providing interactions with objects and persons equal to those in the real world is the only way to fully utilise the potential of VR and AR. That is why…
SenseGlove is a Delft based startup that develops tools for Virtual Reality. At SenseGlove we see virtual and augmented reality as enabler an for real world applications. Our believe is that providing interactions with objects and persons equal to those in the real world is the only way to fully utilise the potential of VR and AR. That is why we are creating the SenseGlove; The SenseGlove provides the most natural interaction in virtual and augmented reality. With the SenseGlove virtual objects are brought to live, you can feel, touch and interact with them as if they are real.
The Sense Glove is an exoskeleton glove that enables touch in Virtual Reality. The Glove is originally developed as a medical device for hand rehabilitation. By measuring 16 degrees of freedom of the hand it accurately tracks the movement. Small servomotors will restrict the motion of your hand when a virtual object is touched. The exoskeleton can be kept as small as possible due to the Z linkages that fold inward, all natural movements of the hand can be performed when the glove is worn.
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