2 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Humanizing Robots at University of Technology Nuremberg University of Technology Nuremberg in Germany

Bastian Lampe, Group Leader for Function Development Automated Driving at the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University, is looking for new PhD researchers to join his group. The opening focuses on AI for automated driving and end-to-end driving , including developing and training models and deploying/testing them on public roads with the research vehicle karl . The post highlights work that goes beyond simulation and offline experiments, with an emphasis on real-world v...

Technical University of Munich (TUM), through the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), is recruiting a PostDoc for Safe and Networked Control for AI-Assisted Teleoperation at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Campus, Germany . The project focuses on robotics , teleoperation , networked control systems , passivity-based control , human-robot interaction , and shared control . The main scientific goal is to develop a controller-agnostic safety layer for remote robotic systems op...

🚀 The Advanced Robotics & Control Laboratory (ARC Lab) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is advertising a fully funded Ph.D. position in Robotics starting Spring 2027 . The research sits at the intersection of robotics , control theory , and artificial intelligence , with applications in human–robot interaction , healthcare , smart manufacturing , and agriculture . The lab describes a focus on combining classical physics-based control with modern AI to advance autonomy. Eligibility hi...

Yu Otsuki at the University of California, Irvine is actively recruiting two Postdoctoral Scholars for the Laboratory for Autonomy and Robotics in Construction (LARC) . The research focus is robotics and construction autonomy , especially off-road autonomous driving for construction vehicles , autonomous construction machinery , and multi-fleet coordination . The lab also highlights collaboration with industry partners, access to real-world operational data, and UCI’s new robotics center. Eligib...

Open PhD position at the University at Buffalo in the Human-in-the-Loop Systems Lab , starting Fall 2026 . The project focuses on foundation models for physiological and multimodal time-series analysis , with an interdisciplinary emphasis on AI , physiological computing , and advanced signal processing . The work is described as a collaborative research project with IBM and the University at Buffalo. Applicants should already have a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering , Electrical Engineer...