Engineering future robot swarms for cities to enable a more sustainable future through reduced transport emissions and waste, requiring trusted swarms that are usable out-of-the-box by local communities.
Requirements
- Expertise relevant to swarm robotics in one or more of these areas: 1) hardware design for outdoor operation, 2) cognition using onboard edge-AI and perception. 3) automatic design of swarm algorithms, 4), interfaces for intuitive human-swarm interactions.
- Demonstrated expertise publishing results in journals and/or conferences.
- Experience demonstrating robots in reality.
Responsibilities
- Perform state-of-the-art research in swarm robotics. Areas include swarm hardware design for city deployments, cognition using onboard edge-AI and perception, swarm algorithms for city-scale coordination, and interfaces for intuitive human-swarm interactions.
- Translate results to physical testbeds (DOTS robots) and living labs (partner communities).
- Work within a multidisciplinary team and stakeholders to develop trustworthy swarms for city-scale logistics.
- Prepare conference and journal papers for publication.
- Participate in national and international conferences and workshops.
Other
- You are working towards or have a relevant PhD degree or equivalent professional qualification/experience in Robotics, Engineering, Computer Science, Maths or closely related discipline (e.g. social science applied to technology).
- Work within a multidisciplinary team and stakeholders
- Participate in national and international conferences and workshops.
- Contract type: Open ended with fixed funding until 31/10/2027
- Work pattern: Full time (Part time will be considered)
