About the role The Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow in Robotics.
The position is available in September and funded for one year in the first instance, with the possibility to extend it for 2 additional years.
The post holder will be required to carry out research in the laboratory of Dr Sara Adela Abad at UCL in the area of bioinspired robotics.
The Research Fellow will carry out activities to design, fabricate and validate a bioinspired foot solution that can be integrated into commercially available legged robots and uses the foot's embodiment to address soil compaction:oCreating a compliant and robust foot for outdoor applications.oIntegrating the foot into a commercially available robotic platform.oPerforming field validations of this integration.
In this project, the candidate is also required to closely lead the UCL work on collaboration with animal biomechanics experts from the Royal Veterinary College and soil experts from the University of Lincoln; and strategic project partners, namely ANYbotics and ANTOBOT.
About you We would be delighted to receive applications from candidates who meet the following criteria: •Holder of a good first degree (2:1 UK equivalent or above) and a PhD in electrical/mechanical/computer science engineering or robotics.
•Demonstrable experience in development and evaluation of bioinspired mechanisms/devices, and/or technologies with applications in field robots and/or soil compaction to generate and execute independent and collaborative research at an internationally-leading level.
•Experience working with multiple programming languages ( ROS, Python, Matlab, C++).
•Holder of a good track record of recently and continuously publishing their work in research journals and undertaken supervisory roles in a research laboratory.
•Ability to take initiatives and engage in challenging cross-disciplinary research.
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for a comprehensive list of required skills and attributes.
All applicants must add their CV and cover letter as attach files to their application.
For informal enquiries about the post, please contact Dr Sara Abad ().
Please note that only-short listed candidates will be contacted.
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