We are seeking
a full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join the Dynamic Robot Systems Group of the Oxford Robotics Institute and the Department of Engineering Science in central Oxford. The post is funded by the EPSRC’s Centre to Centre (C2C) Grant, “Mobile Robotic Inspector: Learning to Explore and Manipulate in the Real World” and is fixed-term of 24 months duration. You should hold or be close to completion of a PhD/DPhil in robotics, computer science, machine learning, informatics, AI, or a closely related field. You will have an excellent academic track record in topics relevant to manipulation and locomotion; path and motion planning, whole-body control, multi-contact manipulation/locomotion, machine learning and optimisation, avatar animation or related areas. You have experience working on real robots and great team working skills.