Overview

We are opening several PhD positions. Join us on two exciting international research ventures!

  • EU Horizon project XSCAVE (4 years) – cutting-edge algorithms and software to research high-performance, safe, and explainable perception-to-action models, help us to develop the next generation of heavy-duty mobile machinery for forestry, excavation, forwarding, and logistics.
  • Kolibriq project (5 years) – supported by Lockheed Martin and in collaboration with Czech Aerospace Research Centre, focuses on groundbreaking neuro-symbolic deep learning methods for controlling autonomous, agile aircraft navigating at low altitudes near obstacles.

Requirements:

We expect excellent grades, experience in the relevant fields, good programming skills.

Successfull PhD candidates will get a full tuition waiver and a monthly compensation equivalent to about 1850 EUR of gross income (the Czech Republic’s cost of living is at 59% of the US price level, according to OECD statistics).

About the workplace

The group has a strong track record in machine perception and computer vision. More recently, there has been substantial development in robotics, with groups focusing on search and rescue robotics. The group, together with roboticists from the Department of Computer Science and the group Multi Robotic Systems, form the Center for Robotics and Autonomous Systems. The robotics teams have recently succeeded in numerous competitions: the CTU team ranked 3rd overall and 1st among self-funded teams in the Tunnel Circuit round (2019) and the Urban Circuit (2020) of the DARPA SubTerranean challenge and was 2nd overall in the Final Event (2021) in the Virtual challenge.
Hardware infrastructure at the Department includes wheeled, tracked, and legged robots (including 2 Spots and 2 Spots with arm) for search and rescue operation, industrial as well as collaborative or lightweight manipulators (KUKA LBR iiwa, UR10e with Airskin, Kinova Gen3), flying robots – fleets of UAVs, and humanoid robots (iCub, Pepper, 2x Nao). The Department has access to a high-performance computational cluster dedicated to artificial intelligence research and developments using traditional multi-CPU systems, as well as GPUs.

How to apply

Please send your application or inquiries to Ms. Petra Ivaničová (ivanipet@fel.cvut.cz) with “VRAS – Open positions” in the subject and include the following, preferably in a single pdf file:

  • CV
  • Full publication list
  • Motivation letter
  • List of at least two referees
  • Your most interesting research paper and your master thesis (if applicable)
  • Transcript of grades of master/bachelor

The positions are open until filled. More information on our website https://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/research/groups-teams/vras/

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