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Robotics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 182 Robotics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Self-powered Autonomous Surface and Underwater Vehicles for Persistent Observation
Supervisory Team: Dr N.C. Townsend, Prof A. Murphy. Project description. In this PhD project you will explore novel wave energy harvesting systems for maritime robotic systems, such as Autonomous Surface and Underwater Vehicles (ASVs and AUVs). Read more
Implementing a (tree-based) decoding for robot generation
Research Group:
Intelligent Systems and Robotics
In the Autonomous Robotic Evolution project robots for different types of challenging environments are autonomously designed and fabricated with the Robot Fabricator. Read more
Implement reinforcement learning for robots in hardware to handle the reality gap
Research Group:
Intelligent Systems and Robotics
In the Autonomous Robotic Evolution project robots for different types of challenging environments are autonomously designed and fabricated with the Robot Fabricator. Read more
Smart Robotic Systems for Autonomous Inspection – Enhancing Data Collection and Analysis
This studentship is offered by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Net Zero (RAINZ CDT) which is a partnership between three of the UKs leading universities (University of Manchester, University of Glasgow and University of Oxford). Read more
Uncertainty-aware safe leak mapping for industrial inspection
This studentship is offered by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Net Zero (RAINZ CDT) which is a partnership between three of the UKs leading universities (University of Manchester, University of Glasgow and University of Oxford). Read more
Assuring Teams of Robots
This studentship is offered by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Net Zero (RAINZ CDT) which is a partnership between three of the UKs leading universities (University of Manchester, University of Glasgow and University of Oxford). Read more
Marine environment characterisation from autonomous platforms using high-fidelity radar sensing
Small, agile and rapidly manoeuvring marine crafts as well as large vessels demand new sensing capabilities to provide situational awareness (SA) of their local environment. Read more
Physics informed learning for high fidelity medical simulators
Medical robots development and validation are time consuming, arduous processes that heavily rely on building fixed hardware architectures and embedded software to be tested in controlled, structured synthetic environments. Read more
Precision agriculture by robotic data collection and knowledge based analysis
Research Group:
Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Robots are becoming increasingly essential in the practice of precision agriculture due to labor shortages, higher productivity needs, and the demand for sustainable farming practices. Read more
Autonomous Robotic Management of York Institute for Safe Autonomy Solar Farm
Research Group:
Intelligent Systems and Robotics
With the commissioning of a new solar power farm for research at York's institute for Safe Autonomy, we are looking for enthusiastic students with an interest in creating robots that can move between solar panel arrays to autonomously perform cleaning, inspection, mapping, and site maintenance tasks. Read more
Self-organizing reconfigurable cellular robots created with semantically-aware autonomic elements
Research Group:
Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Machines created by humans, even state-of-the-art space systems, are mostly monolithic centralized entities that are designed for a specific purpose and to embody specific components. Read more
Distributed Learning and Control of Multi-Robot Systems
With the advancements of computing, communication, sensing, and control techniques, coordination of multi-robot systems has established its worth in recent years. Read more
Planning for Robust Action for Autonomous Vehicles Under Epistemic Uncertainty
This studentship is offered by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Net Zero (RAINZ CDT) which is a partnership between three of the UKs leading universities (University of Manchester, University of Glasgow and University of Oxford). Read more
Physical Interactions in Constrained Environments: Reasoning, Sensing, Manipulation and Consensus
Supervisors. Dr Dezong Zhao is a Reader in Autonomous Systems and Connectivity at The University of Glasgow. Prof Lei Zhang is a Professor of Trustworthy Systems at The University of Glasgow. Read more
Dexterous Manipulation for Hybrid Robots Using Reinforcement Learning
Research Group:
Intelligent Systems and Robotics
Hybrid Robotic manipulators combine soft and rigid components that allow them to be safer and more reliable than their rigid counterparts during their interactions with the world. Read more