Dear Robotics Enthusiasts,

are you looking for a postdoc opportunity where you can combine quadrupedal locomotion, articulated soft robots, machine learning, control theory, and many other things? Then check out this position that Cosimo Della Santina and myself (Jens Kober) have opened at TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering (Cognitive Robotics department), as part of the EU-H2020 project Natural Intelligence (https://www.nih2020.eu/https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nih2020.eu_&d=DwMFaQ&c=XYzUhXBD2cD-CornpT4QE19xOJBbRy-TBPLK0X9U2o8&r=xjFXIqBYC0mxS0MzAmehWWgzsKWBWD3sOJqRR2SWX1s&m=MboVnbeZ6n2dmYaL90Ri0FocUU-jqhqmQaWi1xPFvM4&s=QahC7X1x2g398AXSMQNP_v7xCICYFQt3wQ84wNPFaO0&e=).

This is a two year position, salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (salary indication: € 3.491 - € 4.402).

You can find more information at the following links · Call: https://www.academictransfer.com/en/302914/postdoc-efficient-quadrupedal-loc...https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.academictransfer.com_en_302914_postdoc-2Defficient-2Dquadrupedal-2Dlocomotion-2Dfor-2Dnatural-2Denvironment-2Dexploration_apply_-23apply&d=DwMFaQ&c=XYzUhXBD2cD-CornpT4QE19xOJBbRy-TBPLK0X9U2o8&r=xjFXIqBYC0mxS0MzAmehWWgzsKWBWD3sOJqRR2SWX1s&m=MboVnbeZ6n2dmYaL90Ri0FocUU-jqhqmQaWi1xPFvM4&s=_a9s4cjPG54RqD8fWnEiVSDzXMZl_gwiRV4uCsIfDf0&e= · Cosimo's website: https://cosimodellasantina.eu/https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cosimodellasantina.eu_-23openp&d=DwMFaQ&c=XYzUhXBD2cD-CornpT4QE19xOJBbRy-TBPLK0X9U2o8&r=xjFXIqBYC0mxS0MzAmehWWgzsKWBWD3sOJqRR2SWX1s&m=MboVnbeZ6n2dmYaL90Ri0FocUU-jqhqmQaWi1xPFvM4&s=GjVVxSnLYZskV5mR4KhI4d0pCGJqyFmsfBtQHp8IR-g&e= · Jens's website: http://www.jenskober.de/https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.jenskober.de_&d=DwMFaQ&c=XYzUhXBD2cD-CornpT4QE19xOJBbRy-TBPLK0X9U2o8&r=xjFXIqBYC0mxS0MzAmehWWgzsKWBWD3sOJqRR2SWX1s&m=MboVnbeZ6n2dmYaL90Ri0FocUU-jqhqmQaWi1xPFvM4&s=3tu2Du3ECkBltbFZi9QSiRwM82qq6Ah0BkGtPyOPuE8&e=

Tackling the challenging goals discussed in the Job Description requires a unique combination of algorithmic/theoretical and experimental skills. Research experience in at least one of the following fields is mandatory: Robot locomotion, Reinforcement learning, Deep Learning, Articulated Soft/Flexible Robots. A basic understanding of the others is greatly appreciated, as well as experience with real robot applications, managing younger researchers, and good programming skills. Please, do not hesitate to reach out to us in case you have any questions about the position! If you are interested, please read the application procedure carefully (bottom paragraph in the call). You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.

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Some quick facts about TU Delft and CoR: Delft University of Technology (TUD) is the oldest and largest technical university in the Netherlands, with over 23,000 students and 3,300 scientific staff. Its high quality teaching standards and experimental facilities are renowned, placing it among the 6th top universities in Europe and 15th in the world in the Engineering and Technology fields, and 2nd top universities in Europe and 5th in the world in the Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Manufacturing Engineer (QS Ranking 2020). It is a member of the IDEA League, a strategic alliance of five of Europe's leading universities of technology.

TU Delft comprises eight faculties: among these is the 3mE Faculty (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering), which hosts the Cognitive Robotics (CoR) department. In 2012, TU established the Delft Robotics Institute, in which CoR takes part. The Institute unites all the university's research in the field of robotics, bringing together more than 150 scientific staff from six TU Delft faculties. The aim is to get robots and humans to work together effectively in unstructured environments, and real-world settings. Both the 'hard' robotics disciplines (mechatronics, embedded systems, control and AI) and the 'soft' ones (human-machine interaction, user interaction, architecture, ethics and design) are represented. A part of the Institute is the TU Delft Digital Innovation Hub called RoboValley (https://robovalley.comhttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__robovalley.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=XYzUhXBD2cD-CornpT4QE19xOJBbRy-TBPLK0X9U2o8&r=xjFXIqBYC0mxS0MzAmehWWgzsKWBWD3sOJqRR2SWX1s&m=MboVnbeZ6n2dmYaL90Ri0FocUU-jqhqmQaWi1xPFvM4&s=_6HIVoMSQsPAmK2Azx_jI-2yznxeO5OT9pralaiEG28&e=) established to foster collaboration with companies and technology transfer.