Research Associate in Robotics and AI x2 - Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

Research Associate in Robotics and AI x2 - Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

About us

King’s is a leading university providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. We are ranked sixth in the UK for the quality and quantity of research activity (Research Excellence Framework, 2021).

King’s has played a major role in many of the advances that shape modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of robots, radio, television, mobile phones and radar. King’s continues to lead the way on research and pioneers new ideas to make the world a better place. The Department of Engineering at King’s is located on the Strand Campus of King’s College London where the studentship will be based.

About the role

Two Postdoctoral Research Associate positions are available at the Robot Perception Lab led by Dr Shan Luo at the Department of Engineering, King’s College London. The initial contract will be for three years, with the possibility of extension. You will work on a project to design robot equipped with vision and tactile sensing for diverse manipulation tasks.

The project is funded by the UKRI EPSRC through Dr Shan Luo’s Open Fellowship, TacDiff, which develops a new paradigm for data-driven design of tactile robots using differentiable simulations that provide fine-grained feedback for training. The research will be conducted in collaboration with colleagues from King’s College London, international collaborators at MIT, TUM, UCSD and industrial partners of the project, including Unilever, Shadow Robot Company, Ocado Technology and MathWorks. More details of the project can be found in the following link:

This is a full time post, and you will be offered an a fixed term contract for three years with the potential for an extension.

Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers , applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.