PhD Project in Adaptive Collective Decision-Making for Robot Swarms University of Southampton in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity: Adaptive collective decision-making in robot swarms at the University of Southampton (Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, School of Electronics and Computer Science). This project sits at the intersection of robotics , computer science , artificial intelligence , and mathematical modelling . It explores how autonomous robot swarms can make robust collective decisions in changing environments by adaptively choosing which robots participate, how much information is neede...

PhD project at the University of Southampton on safety validation and assurance of autonomous navigation systems , with a focus on maritime autonomy and autonomous ships. The research will develop Operational Design Domain (ODD) -based methods to assess whether autonomous navigation systems can operate safely within intended conditions. It will use historical maritime data, scenario-space modelling, and simulation to generate representative, critical, rare, boundary, and degraded scenarios. The ...

Fully funded 4-year doctoral studentship at the University of Oxford in Autonomous Intelligent Machines & Systems , jointly with the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative and the EPSRC CDT in Autonomous Intelligent Machines & Systems (AIMS) . This opportunity is aimed at PhD applicants interested in research at the intersection of robotics , computer science , electrical engineering , and AI governance . The post is described as a fully funded doctoral studentship with an October 2027 start . P...

Applications are now open for PhD studentships in the UKRI AI CDT in Dependable and Deployable AI for Robotics (CDT-D2AIR), a 4-year doctoral programme jointly offered by Heriot-Watt University and The University of Edinburgh. This CDT focuses on AI, verification, design, and robotics, with training aimed at helping students develop and deploy safe robotic systems. It is a strong fit for applicants interested in dependable AI, robotics, and trustworthy autonomous systems. The programme is a PhD ...

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, is advertising postdoctoral researcher opportunities for early 2027 in the ARM4L Lab, led by Assistant Professor Ramy Rashad . The positions focus on autonomous robotic manipulation and shared autonomy for ground and aerial manipulators, with two specific research directions: Robot SLAM and Scene Reconstruction and Robot Haptic Teleoperation . The work involves advancing and optimizing both software and hardware systems for robo...