Integrating Quantum and Classical Sensors for Long-Duration Inertial Navigation University of Southampton in United Kingdom

Associate Professor Tian Chen at Imperial College London is recruiting for PhD students in reprogrammable matter , with positions stated as fully funded and starting in Autumn 2027 . The post also mentions opportunities for externally funded PhD scholarships and postdoc fellowships through several mechanisms listed on the lab’s join-us page. The research theme sits at the intersection of materials science , mechanical engineering , robotics , aerospace engineering , and related physical sciences...

PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham in robotic materials , mechanical metamaterials , active matter physics , and embodied artificial intelligence . The project focuses on self-learning active mechanical networks and will combine table-top robotic experiments with theoretical modelling . Research directions may be tailored to the successful candidate’s interests and expertise, with opportunities to work on decentralized learning, physical reservoir computing, contrastive learning, no...

Funded PhD opportunity at Cranfield University in collaboration with UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and supported by EPSRC . The project is titled Robotic Additive Manufacturing for Remote In-situ Repair of Vertical Tungsten Plasma-facing Tiles in Tokamaks and sits at the intersection of robotics , mechanical engineering , materials science , manufacturing engineering , and fusion energy . The research will investigate wire-based directed energy deposition, including arc, laser, and hybrid a...

PhD opportunity at the University of Bristol in bio-inspired robotic systems for investigating biological signalling and adaptive behaviour . This project develops bioinspired soft robotic systems as embodied platforms for studying how living systems coordinate responses through physical interaction, sensing, control, and information transfer. The research sits at the intersection of robotics , mechanical engineering , biophysics , cybernetics , materials science , and computational modelling . ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Robotic Monitoring for Place Recognition and Change Detection in Dynamic Underwater Environments . This project sits at the intersection of robotics , computer vision , machine learning , artificial intelligence , statistics , and marine sciences . The research develops novel robotic mapping and AI methods to detect subtle changes in dynamic seafloor environments over large spatial scales. You will work on accurate localisation, high-resolution...