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Funded international PhD position in Learning, Planning, and Control for Robotic Manipulation at University of Leeds

Country/Region : UK - United Kingdom

Website : http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~scsmrd

Description

My group at The School of Computing at The University of Leeds is looking for a PhD student with interest in learning, planning, and control for robotic manipulation.
This scholarship covers tuition and maintenance fees for *international* and UK/EU students. Therefore, international applicants are welcome to apply.
The scholarship also runs for 3.5 years, longer than the usual 3 years.
Application deadline is 18 November 2016.
Particular topics include:
* Manipulation planning using physics-based predictions of object motion,
* Machine learning for manipulation planning and control,
* Manipulation based on tactile sensing (e.g. artificial skin),
* Multi-robot collaborative manipulation,
* Human-robot collaborative manipulation, and
* Manipulation planning for flexible manufacturing and assembly.
Nevertheless, even if you do not have any familiarity with these topics, please do not hesitate to apply if you are interested in intelligent robotics and if you have a strong academic record.
You will be working in a lab equipped with new, state-of-the-art, robotic equipment (including a UR-5 arm on a Ridgeback omni-directional base, a bimanual Baxter robot, multiple Robotiq robot hands with force/torque sensing, and OptiTrack motion tracking). University of Leeds recently made a $6.5M investment in robotics research and in a Robotics Center that our lab is affiliated with.
You will develop intelligent robotic algorithms and systems for object manipulation tasks. Example tasks include a robot reaching into a cluttered shelf to grasp objects (similar to the tasks in the Amazon Picking Challenge) and a robot using tools to cut and drill objects (similar to the tasks in the Darpa Robotics Challenge). This project will build on my previous work carried out at CMU and MIT, focusing on physics-based object manipulation (https://youtu.be/QLvgEDFE68Y) and intelligent robotic assembly (https://youtu.be/3Y2BJKGMnpY). There may be opportunities for external collaboration, particularly with MIT and CMU, which our group has strong ties with.
Students from Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Control Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics departments, and other related fields are welcome to apply.
Leeds is a vibrant, multi-cultural, fun, and party-loving student city. The University of Leeds has recently been chosen as the University of the Year in the UK, by The Times and The Sunday Times. Leeds is one of the leading universities for research in the United Kingdom. The latest Research Excellence Framework exercise, conducted by the UK government, identified that 82.76% of Leeds’ research activity has a top quality rating of either “world leading” or “internationally excellent”.
To apply, and for more details about the scholarship, use this link: https://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/research-opportuni...
Please also get in contact with me with your CV if you are considering applying.
You can learn more about my research interests and my publications here: http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~scsmrd/
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Other links:
University of Leeds Robotics Centre: http://robotics.leeds.ac.uk/
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Mehmet Dogar
http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~scsmrd/

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