Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Robotics Hardware for Smart City Applications Hanyang University ERICA in South Korea

Jiaming Fu, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of West Florida (UWF), is recruiting fully funded graduate students in Robotics for research on humanoid robot design and control . Openings include 1 PhD student for Spring 2027 and 1 MS student for Fall 2027 . The research area covers robotic mechanisms, variable-stiffness and compliant systems, manipulation, force sensing, and safe physical human–robot interaction. Students will work hands-on with robotic hardware suc...

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...

Peng Edward Wang at Case Western Reserve University is looking for a new PhD student to join an NSF-funded project on Anticipatory Robotics: World Model and Generative Planning for Safe, Human-Aligned Autonomy . The research focuses on robotic welding , including developing a welding-specific foundation model to predict welding state evolution under candidate task conditions and torch manipulation, and to optimize and plan safe robotic actions for consistent welding quality. The project also aim...

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...

Shandong University is recruiting postdoctoral researchers for a project on AI and automation for smart operation and maintenance of transportation infrastructure , working with Prof. Kai Yao in the Geotechnical Engineering Research Group . The research focuses on improving the safety, reliability, and resilience of highways , expressways , and related infrastructure systems, including pavements , embankments , slopes , bridges , tunnels , and associated foundations . The project integrates arti...