Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Tensegrity Robot Design and Control
University of Oxford, Oxford
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Tensegrity Robot Design and Control
£40178-£48700
University of Oxford, Oxford
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
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Full Job Description
You will be involved developing and testing control policies for bespoke morphing limb hardware equipped to a quadruped robot. You are expected to upkeep the hardware and work in simulation environments to develop shape-morphing / behaviour control policies for the system.
You should possess a PhD/DPhil in Engineering, Robotics, or other related field, together with established knowledge of constructing and programming robots, including motor control and using simulators like IsaacLab or MujoCo.
We are seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join the Protean Robotics Lab, directed by Prof. Robert Baines, at the Department of Engineering Science in central Oxford. The post is funded by the Branco Weiss Fellowship - Society in Science and is fixed term to 31 September 2028, with the possibility to extend.
You will be contributing to a project on the design and control of a quadruped robot with shape-morphing limbs. The goal is to have a single quadruped engage in a number of industrially-oriented tasks (ladder climbing, interaction with equipment, non-prehensile manipulation) by changing the shape of its limbs and adapting its control strategy.