Eurecat is the second Research & Technology Organisation in Spain and one of the largest applied research and technology transfer organisation in Southern
Europe. It brings together the experience of more than 800 professionals who generate an annual turnover of 69 million euros and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Eurecat integrates advanced digital capabilities and experience in biotechnology, industry and sustainability and collaborates with industry in R+D+I activities and projects, offering advanced scientific and technological services and specialized knowledge to respond effectively to the technological needs of very different business sectors, accelerating innovation, reducing both risks and spendings on scientific and technological infrastructures. The technology center participates in more than 200 large national and international consortium projects of high strategic R&I, has 230 patents and 10 spin-offs. Eurecat has eleven centers in Catalonia and presence in Madrid, Malaga and Chile.
“Learning, understanding and reasoning for graceful behavior in robots”
PHD Description
The Robotics and Automation Unit at Eurecat Technology Center is looking for a highly motivated researcher to work on learning, understanding and reasoning for graceful behavior in robots.
The candidate will work mainly for the RoNous Flagship project. The thesis will explore the scientific challenges related to model the behavior of robots based on learning. The ability to learn and extract information from the environment will enable a new approach for behavior planning and programming exploiting this knowledge and the consciousness of the environment. The goal is to incorporate cognitive concepts in the decision making process, in order to obtain a more natural behavior. The research will focus on the scientific contribution and technological developments including:
Besides, it is a great opportunity to apply robotics research to real applications working in National or H2020 research projects or hand by hand with our customers in several of our private contracts with industry.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
Location: Cerdanyola del Vallès
What Eurecat can offer you
Eurecat, Technology Centre brings together the expertise of 600 professionals and serving more than a thousand companies. Applied R + D, technological services, highly technoscientific training, technology consulting and professional events are some of the services that Eurecat offers for companies of all sectors.
The Robotics and Automation Unit is specialized in research and development on Ground, Aerial and Industrial Robotics. With a strong focus on our customers and partners needs, our mission is to enhance the capabilities and reliability of autonomous systems operating in realistic scenarios, improving the existing technology and enabling new applications. For over 15 years, the group has been involved in several of the most successful European projects in robotics. Please check our website for more details about our research, projects and videos:
https://eurecat.org/en/field-of-knowledge/robotics-automation/
Our laboratory is located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, just outside Barcelona city (Spain). Barcelona besides being easily connected to the rest of Europe, provides a great quality of life and a great robotics ecosystem full of initiatives, research groups, robotics companies and interesting events. And many more to come!