PhD Position in Artificial Physical Awareness Controller Synthesis
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This PhD project is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant project "ARCS", which aims to develop a new paradigm in control theory: Artificial Physical Awareness (APA). APA requires that the onboard autopilot has accurate and up-to-date knowledge of the safe envelope of the robot under its control. In this project, a new APA-enabled controller will be developed that can effectively and efficiently exploit information contained in computed time-varying stochastic safe envelopes of autonomous robots after sustaining failures.
Key Responsibilities- Develop a new APA-enabled controller that can balance safety and performance based on mission requirements in nominal and off-nominal conditions.
- Implement the controller on research drones and conduct flight experiments under nominal and failure scenarios to prove the APA principle.
- Collaborate with an international team of researchers to develop the new paradigm in control theory.
- Excellent knowledge of nonlinear control theory, flight dynamics, reachability analysis, system identification, and stochastic systems theory.
- Excellent programming skills in one or more of the following languages: C++, C, Python, Matlab.
- Affinity with working with (flight) hardware.
- Experience with working with hardware such as drones.
- Experience with piloting drones.
Doctoral candidates will be offered a 4-year period of employment in principle, but in the form of 2 employment contracts. An initial 1.5-year contract with an official go/no-go progress assessment within 15 months. Followed by an additional contract for the remaining 2.5 years assuming everything goes well and performance requirements are met.
Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, increasing from €2770 per month in the first year to €3539 in the fourth year.
The TU Delft offers a customizable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.
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Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland TU Delft VoltijdJob DescriptionThis PhD project is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant project "ARCS", where you will collaborate with an international team of researchers to develop a new paradigm in control theory: Artificial Physical Awareness (APA). APA requires that the onboard autopilot has accurate and up-to-date knowledge of the safe envelope of the robot under its...
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Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland TU Delft VoltijdJob DescriptionThis PhD project is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant project "ARCS", where you will collaborate with an international team of researchers to develop a new paradigm in control theory: Artificial Physical Awareness (APA). APA requires that the onboard autopilot has accurate and up-to-date knowledge of the safe envelope of the robot under its...
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Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland TU Delft VoltijdJob DescriptionThis PhD project is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant project "ARCS" and involves collaborating with an international team of researchers to develop a new paradigm in control theory: Artificial Physical Awareness (APA). APA requires that the onboard autopilot has accurate and up-to-date knowledge of the safe envelope of the robot under its...
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Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland TU Delft VoltijdJob DescriptionThis PhD project is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant project "ARCS", which aims to develop a new paradigm in control theory: Artificial Physical Awareness (APA). APA seeks to provide robots with accurate knowledge of their physical capabilities, which are reduced in unknown ways after faults and failures. The project requires the development...
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Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland TU Delft VoltijdJob DescriptionThis PhD project is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant project "ARCS", where you will collaborate with an international team of researchers to develop a new paradigm in control theory: Artificial Physical Awareness (APA). APA aims to provide robots with accurate knowledge on their physical capabilities, which are reduced in currently unknown...
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