PhD in Experimental Methods for Maritime Robots Operating in Close Proximity in Waves University of Southampton in United Kingdom

PhD project at the University of Southampton on dynamic risk intelligence for safe autonomous shipping . The research focuses on how maritime autonomous surface ships can recognise when changing traffic, weather, visibility, communication, sensor performance, or system capability make continued autonomous operation unsafe. The project will investigate operational envelopes (OEs) and operational design domains (ODDs) as capability boundaries for autonomous ships and their functions. It will devel...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in turbulence, drag, rough surfaces, and fluid mechanics . This project, based in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, investigates how roughness geometry changes turbulent boundary layers and drag. The research combines advanced wind-tunnel experiments, 3D Particle Tracking Velocimetry (PTV), and direct drag measurements to build new geometry-dependent drag models and expand an internationally used roughness database. The work is hig...

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...

University of Southampton is advertising a PhD project titled “Multimodal learning and sensor fusion for vessel monitoring using vision and underwater acoustics.” The project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and focuses on combining machine learning , multimodal fusion , underwater acoustics , computer vision , and signal processing to improve vessel detection, characterisation, localisation, and tracking in rivers and coastal waters. The research asks how shore-based cam...

Fully Funded PhD opportunity at University College London (UCL) in Bioinspired Robotics and Embodied Intelligence , starting 1 October 2027 . This interdisciplinary project focuses on designing robotic legs that are both strong and agile by learning from nature. The work combines robotic design , modelling , prototyping , and experimental testing to explore how biological principles can inform the next generation of robotic systems. Research areas: bioinspired robotics, robotics, mechanical engi...