英国伯明翰大学机械工程方向博士后职位

This is a 1 year position only, but we will apply for more grants during the year which potentially could enable extending the position, subject to strong performance.

University of Birmingham has one of the leading UK robotics research groups, with a diverse research portfolio spanning a variety of different areas of robotics and computer vision. The Birmingham robotics team has recently developed a state-of-the art approach to autonomous grasping with a multi-fingered hand. The robot is shown a single pre-programmed grasp on a single object, and uses a novel machine learning technique to automatically adapt this grasp to new objects of arbitrarily different shapes:

We are now seeking a high calibre robotics post-doc, to help us extend these ideas, from uni-manual grasps (with a single multi-finger hand and a single arm), to bi-manual grasps (with two hands mounted on two arms).

The successful candidate will need to rapidly learn our complex in-house manipulation software and algorithms, and extend the work to achieve a successful two-hand demo within a relatively short time.

Candidates should have:

1) PhD in robotics, ideally robotic manipulation and some vision experience.

2) Ideally also some post-doctoral experience.

3) Outstanding programming skills, including extensive/professional knowledge and experience in C++.

4) Very strong mathematics skills, including an understanding of computational geometry, probability theory and machine learning.

5) Ability to deliver a working demo with a complex two-arm robotic system.