[robocup-worldwide] Post-doctoral researcher in service robotics for ambient assistive living

[Rudi Villing]

Maynooth University, Ireland, is pleased to invite applications to the following post-doctoral research position.

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Post-doctoral Researcher (SHAPES project) - 36 month contract
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# Role

We are seeking an energetic and enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher, with experience of working with service robotics in an ambient assistive living environment, to work on an EU Horizon 2020 project in the area of smart and healthy ageing. The project titled SHAPES (Smart and Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems) is concerned with the development and piloting of a platform to assist and empower the ageing population to remain independent with improved quality of life. SHAPES is a large-scale Innovation Action with partners from 14 European countries and the large scale piloting campaign will engage more than 2k older individuals across 15 pilot sites and a variety of settings. Maynooth University is coordinating this project and participating in multiple work packages. Further information on SHAPES is available at https://shapes2020.eu/.

Robotics, integrated with the core technology platform and other digital solutions, is a core element of SHAPES. For this reason, we are looking to appoint a post-doctoral researcher with experience of working with service robotics in ambient assistive living environments including the design and evaluation of pilot studies. The successful candidate will work with multi-disciplinary researchers and international partners.

Scientific and engineering questions to be addressed and evaluated in the project include the development of appropriate robot behaviours for the pilots, techniques for automating or assisting the rapid setup of a robot in new environments, synchronization of robot gestures to speech, exploring the technological readiness and role of mobile manipulator robots with real world users, and comparative evaluation of multiple robot platforms.


# Requirements

Some of the essential requirements for the role include the following:

  *   Having a PhD in a relevant area such as computer science, electronic engineering, robotics, or related disciplines relevant to the research topic.
  *   A track record of peer-reviewed publications
  *   Experience working with service robots in a domestic, institutional, or ambient assistive living environment.
  *   Proven ability to develop robotic solutions using with the ROS framework.
  *   Excellent attention to detail, flexibility, initiative and good problem-solving abilities.
  *   The ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary, multi-centre team. Excellent interpersonal skills.
  *   Ability to work with autonomy, manage workloads, deadlines and responsibilities.

Some of the desirable experience for the role includes the following:

  *   Hands on experience with the EU Robotics League or RoboCup at Home
  *   Experience with the robot cognitive architecture such as writing plans, behaviour finite state machines, behaviour trees, or similar techniques.
  *   Familiarity with the issues involved in calibrating, configuring, and training a robot for a new environment
  *   Experience with user-centred design and the qualitative and quantitative assessment of pilot implementations

# Further information and applications

The closing date for applications is 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 23 August 2020.

To view the complete job specification, including detailed terms and conditions, and to apply, please visit the following vacancy page on the corehr portal:
https://cloud.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_nuimlive/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=1&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=006741

We encourage you to forward this information to any suitable candidates you may know.

Best regards,
Rudi
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Dr. Rudi Villing,
Co-PI SHAPES project
Programme Director, BSc. Robotics and Intelligent Devices
Maynooth University Department of Electronic Engineering

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