The ERC Starting Grant project Controlling imperfect robot swarms at the University of Granada, Spain, seeks one Ph.D. student.
The project questions the current paradigm of fighting imperfections to suppress their “damaging” effects. Conversely, we propose a rigorous control theory to unleash and ally with imperfections, such as dropouts, delays, and scaling/biasing factors in sensors and actuators, as novel distributed control inputs for taming emergent behaviors. This paradigm shift requires new ways of analyzing algorithms and their robot integration at the crossroads between algebraic graph theory, network theory, control, and mechatronics for multi-agent systems.
Check our website to learn more about our research https://www.swarmsystemslab.eu .
Desired starting date: 01/01/2024 or soon after.
We offer:
- Topic: Multi-agent systems in Control theory.
- 30k€/year gross salary for four years. It includes the Spanish universal healthcare. Granada has a great quality of life with a low living cost and affordable housing.
- Budget for equipment and travel.
Desired skills:
- English is essential, together with communication skills.
- Very competent with analysis (Linear Algebra, Calculus, and Differential Eqs.).
- Experience with analyzing multi-agent systems and physical/robotic systems.
If you want to join us, please, follow the instructions here at https://www.swarmsystemslab.eu/open-positions .
