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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

UK: PhD student position in Robotics with an orientation towards Interactive Robotics

Overview

This PhD-position is part of the INTRO project (INTeractive RObotics Research Network) which in total offers 10 positions in the interdisciplinary areas of Interactive Robotics; Cooperative Robot Learning, Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and Intelligent Interface Design. INTRO (www.introbotics.eu) is funded by the European Commission as part of the FP7 program and involves 6 partners: Umea University, Sweden; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany; University West of England, England; Space Applications Services, Belgium, and Robosoft, France.

To promote mobility, the following rules apply to the offered position at UWE: The applicant must not be a national of UK unless the applicant holds also another nationality, and has not resided in UK during the previous 5 years. At the time of appointment, the applicant must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity in UK for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her appointment. Exceptions are given if the applicant has legally resided and had his/her main activity in a non–Associated third country for at least 3 of the last 4 years immediately prior to his/her appointment.


The student will join a training program in close cooperation with researchers from all partners. The network-wide training program includes a research project, courses, seminars, and workshops. In the research project, the PhD student will develop a physically and behaviorally safe humanoid robot so that it is capable of cognitive human robot multi-modal interactions. Actuation, sensing, control and safety techniques for the robot limbs will be investigated and applied in higher level behaviour models. An integration of this work with robot platforms from Robosoft and cognitive models by UBER will be made towards the end of the project. One part of the project will be conducted at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

Eligible Candidates

Applicants should preferably have an MSc degree or similar in mechanical and control engineering or some other field relevant for the position. The minimum formal requirement is three years of completed full-time studies. The applicant needs to be skilled in both oral and written communication in English, be able to work independently as well as in collaboration with others. Experience in artificial intelligence, robotics, cognitive science and programming are merits. The application should contain a CV, academic grades, a copy of degree project report and any publications, two personal references and one A4 sheet describing the personal motivation for applying for this position.

Anticipated start date is 1st of September 2010 or earlier. Salary will be at the EU Marie Curie rate. Other benefits such as a career exploratory allowance and travel allowances will be available.

Questions about the position will be answered by Dr Sanja Dogramadzi, e-mail: Sanja.Dogramadzi_at_uwe.ac.uk

How to apply

Your complete application, marked with reference number MCF-1 should be sent to HR@uwe.ac.uk by April 15, 2010 at the latest. We look forward to receiving your application!


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