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PhD opportunity at Aston University in the Autonomous Robotics and Perception Laboratory on AI-driven robotic disassembly using mixed reality and haptics . The project focuses on robotics , artificial intelligence , mixed reality , haptic teleoperation , and autonomous robotic manipulation for industrial applications. This is a research-intensive doctoral position suited to candidates interested in real-world robotic systems, perception, and human-in-the-loop control. Funding: Tuition fees are c...

Manchester Metropolitan University is advertising a funded PhD on Lightweight Trust-Aware Private Federated Learning for Secure UAV Swarms under Model Poisoning Attacks . The project sits at the intersection of computer science , artificial intelligence , cyber security , federated learning , privacy-preserving computation , edge intelligence , and UAV systems . The research aims to develop secure and robust methods for UAV swarms that collaboratively train AI models without sharing raw data. Th...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Secure and Trustworthy AI for Autonomous Vehicle Ecosystems . This project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and is supervised by Dr Erisa Karafili . The research focuses on cybersecurity , artificial intelligence , machine learning , threat modelling , and autonomous vehicles . You will investigate AI-enhanced threat-modelling techniques to improve the resilience of autonomous vehicle ecosystems, including vulnerabilitie...

Funded PhD Studentship: Robotics for farming deployment at Harper Adams University (Edgmond, Shropshire, UK). This PhD project sits at the intersection of robotics , artificial intelligence , computer vision , and agriculture . The research will develop and apply robotic systems with articulated arms for fruit handling, harvesting, and other farming operations, with a strong emphasis on perception, decision-making, and control in complex agricultural environments. Supervisor: Prof. Fernando Auat...

University of Oxford is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in decision-making under uncertainty for robots within the GOALS group at the Oxford Robotics Institute (ORI) . The role is part of the EPSRC Programme Grant in Embodied Intelligence and related follow-on projects. The research focus is on autonomous systems , mission planning under uncertainty , and sequential decision-making . Topics mentioned include Markov decision processes (MDPs) , rich goal structures, risk, te...