We are looking for 2 recently graduated PhDs to join the Field Robotics Lab, South Tyrol at UniBZ (Bolzano, Italy) on a project involving the development of shared human-robot control, safety critical control and trajectory planning for large, cargo-carrying quadrotor drones (60-100 kg payloads). The research includes dynamic modeling, simulation, control system design, implementation in full-scale flight software/hardware, and validation in the field.
The work will be conducted in the UniBZ Field Robotics Lab, South Tyrol at the NOI TechPark, in close collaboration with Flying Basket Srl of Bozen-Bolzano. The successful applicants will be part of a team of postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and faculty, who specialize in control and field robotics. Flying Basket is located a short distance from the lab (about 3 minutes walking), permitting a tight and easy collaboration with researchers at the company.
Responsibilities:
In collaboration with colleagues in the FiRST Lab and at Flying Basket, the candidates will develop dynamic simulation models of heavy lift quadrotors and use them to design and implement nonlinear controllers, shared controllers and trajectory planning software in Matlab/Simulink and ROS (using C++ and Python). Field testing and validation will be performed in collaboration with specially-trained/certified heavy-lift drone pilots at Flying Basket.
Qualifications:
A PhD, or equivalent foreign degree, in one of the following (or affine) fields is required: Robotics, Control Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, or Computer Science.
Research methods and capabilities/abilities:
- Control and programming UAVs/robots
- Research experience in automatic control and robotics, as documented in the CV, by publications, working papers, project management experience and participation in international conferences.
- Experience with Matlab/Simulink, Python, C++ and Linux
- Software development skills,
