Postdoctoral Fellowship in Collaborative Social Robotics

Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH
https://www.kth.se/tmh

Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning, KTH
https://www.kth.se/rpl

Specialty Areas: 

Social Robotics, Multimodal dialogue systems, HRI

Description:
KTH is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in collaborative social robotics. The position is for 24 months (full time). The position is funded though the Factories of the future (FACT) project, a 5-year project jointly run by RPL and TMH. Within the FACT project, robots are developed that can assist people working in the assembly in domestic and industrial settings. More information can be found here:

http://www.speech.kth.se/~jocke/fact_flyer.pdf
http://factssf.se/

We are now looking for two postdocs to conduct research and development work within the project in one of the following areas

- Development of modules for controlling two-armed robots, such as YuMi.
- Human-robot interaction studies with YuMi and the social robot Furhat

An important part of the work is to publish scientific articles at highly rated international conferences and journals in robotics and HRI.

Qualifications
We are looking for people who have experience in robot programming and have documented experience of conducting advanced human-robot interaction studies. Applicants must hold or be about to receive a doctoral degree in a subject relevant to the research, such as automatic control, computer science, speech technology or cognitive science. The doctoral degree must have been obtained within the last three years from the application deadline (some exceptions for special grounds, for instance, sick leave and parental leave). Applicants should have a strong background in at least one of the following areas of robotics, speech technology or computer science. The position requires good knowledge of programming, machine learning, and statistical analysis. The successful applicant should have an outstanding research and publication record. Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills are a requirement. We are looking for a strongly motivated person, who is able to work independently. Good command of English orally and in writing is required to present and publish research results. 

Research Environment:

KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has grown to become one of Europe’s leading technical and engineering universities, as well as a key centre of intellectual talent and innovation. We are Sweden’s largest technical research and learning institution and home to students, researchers and faculty from around the world. Our research and education covers a wide area including natural sciences and all branches of engineering, as well as architecture, industrial management, urban planning, history and philosophy.

Apply for the position here:

https://www.kth.se/en/om/work-at-kth/lediga-jobb/what:job/jobID:232546/where:4/

Application Deadline:
Nov 25, 2018 

Contacts for applications: 

Danica Kragic and Joakim Gustafson