Jakub

Jakub Żak


PhD Student at AGH University of Science and Technology

Robotic Design Engineer in Multiproject Automation Ltd.

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About

Jakub Żak works as robotic design engineer in Multiproject Automation Ltd. He received the B.E and M.Sc. Degrees in mechatronic engineering from AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow in 2016 and 2017 respectively. In 2017 he started PhD Studies in automatic and robotics on the AGH. In addition he was a laureate of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education program – implementation doctorate. His main area of interest focuses on dynamic analyses of small industrial manipulators.

Experience

Jakub Żak was a member of two scientific clubs: AGH Space Systems and AGH Robotics which work focused on respectively: space and industrial robotics technology. As a part of his scientific work, he carried out several research projects, which have been mostly rewarded:

  • Design of industrial manipulator based on AC servomotors - Master Thesis
  • 4 DOF service robot - AGH Robotics
  • Two-finger gripper for martian rover project "Kalman" - AGH Space Systems
  • Three-finger adaptive gripper for an industrial robot - Bachelor Thesis

Awards

  • 3rd place in Nationwide ABB IT Challenge 2017 competition - "Interact with the real world" (Cracow, Poland, June 2017)
  • 3rd place in 54th Scientific Groups Conference in Automatics and Robotics section (Cracow, Poland, May 2017)
  • 3rd place in International RoboT Engineering Contest 2017 - Freestyle (Timisoara, Romania, march 2017)
  • 3rd place in International RoboT Engineering Contest 2017 - Freestyle (Timisoara, Romania, march 2017)
  • Laureatee of the 4th edition "The best diploma thesis WIMIR 2016" (Cracow, Poland, April 2016)
  • 2nd place in Nationwide ABB IT Challenge 2015 Competition - "Home + Technology = Better Life" (Cracow, Poland, June 2015)

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