Robotics University of Zurich in Switzerland

ETH Zurich’s Advanced Manufacturing Lab (am|z), led by Prof. Markus Bambach, is recruiting a Doctoral Researcher in humanoid robotics , 3D perception , and embodied AI for autonomous manufacturing. The project focuses on enabling humanoid robots to perceive, understand, and interact with complex manufacturing environments using novel RGB-D sensing technologies. Research topics include robot perception , semantic segmentation , 3D scene understanding , simulation-to-real transfer , autonomous man...

The CREATE Lab at EPFL is hiring for multiple research positions in soft robotics, manipulation, and robot design, including PhD and postdoctoral opportunities. Applications are reviewed continuously, with a stated deadline of November 13, 2026. PhD projects include continuum body robots for modular, variable-stiffness robotic bodies; soft robotic simulation of human organs using soft lattice structures and integrated actuation; and morphing compliant and cellular-inspired robotic systems involv...

IMOS Lab at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is hiring a PhD researcher in Trustworthy AI for Autonomous Plant Operations . The project combines agentic AI , physics-informed models , digital twins , and engineering knowledge to monitor plant conditions, diagnose abnormalities, and support operating decisions in complex process plants. This opportunity is well suited to applicants with a strong background in machine learning and engineering, especially those interested in trustwor...

RobotX PhD Fellowship 2027 at ETH Zurich is an opportunity for outstanding doctoral applicants interested in robotics research across the RobotX network at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. The fellowship spans a broad set of research directions, including soft robotics , robotic locomotion and manipulation , biohybrid robots , perception and computer vision , human-robot interaction , computational design and fabrication , reinforcement learning and machine learning , humanoid robotics , tactile sensi...

ETH Zurich’s Center for Robotics, RobotX, is inviting applications for the RobotX Postdoctoral Fellowship in robotics . The fellowship is designed for outstanding postdoctoral researchers who want to build robots that work in the real world and collaborate across multiple RobotX research groups at ETH Zurich. The research scope is broad and includes soft and musculoskeletal robotics , robotic locomotion and manipulation , biohybrid robots , perception and computer vision , human-robot interactio...