PhD and Postdoctoral Positions in Intelligent Systems in Medicine: Wearable Sensing, Smart Textiles, and Wearable Robotics University Medical Center Rostock in Germany

University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) is advertising 2 fully funded PhD positions in Humanizing Robots within the Department of Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence . The doctoral projects are co-advised by Prof. Dr. Lukas Rosenberger Schmid (Machine Intelligence Group) and Prof. Dr. Simone Kager (Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics Group). The research area focuses on human-centric robotics , physical human-robot interaction , and AI , with opportunities to work on robot behavior, in...

PhD opening in robotics and generative AI at Clemson University . The project focuses on next-generation intelligent robotic systems that combine generative AI and foundation models with robotic perception, reasoning, planning, learning, and control. Research directions mentioned include Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models , multimodal foundation models for robotics, generative models for robot learning and planning, embodied AI, autonomous robotic systems, human-robot interaction, and robot per...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Robotic Ultrasonic Drilling for Real-Time, Minimally Invasive Subsurface Damage Characterisation in Degraded Concrete . This project sits at the intersection of robotics , ultrasonic drilling/machining , smart sensing , real-time control , civil engineering , and materials characterisation . The research aims to develop a robotic ultrasonic drilling platform for minimally invasive, high-resolution assessment of subsurface damage in degraded con...

Technical University of Munich (TUM), Chair of Automotive Engineering, is advertising a PhD position (100%) in multi-stack handling and hybrid safety architecture for autonomous vehicles . The project focuses on how a modular autonomous vehicle stack and an end-to-end (E2E) stack can run redundantly and in parallel within one vehicle architecture. Research topics include arbitration logic for handoffs between stacks, blending strategies for smooth transitions, and functional safety concepts base...

Postdoctoral opportunity in safe robot autonomy and mobile manipulation at the University of Manitoba in the Robot Autonomy Lab . The project focuses on reliable robot autonomy in complex, dynamic environments using wheeled quadruped robots and mobile manipulators. Research directions include safe navigation in crowded environments, uncertainty-aware planning and control , mobile manipulation , coordinated whole-body control for everyday tasks such as object retrieval, door opening, and elevator...