Robotics jobs

Investigate foundation models for safe, socially aware human–robot interaction in the HUCEBOT team. The ENACT-funded project combines vision-language and vision-language-action models with motion planning and control, addressing hallucinations, long-horizon behavior, human communication and environmental adaptability. Socially aware robot navigation is the…

Pursue independent robotics research across soft and biohybrid robots, locomotion, manipulation, perception, human–robot interaction and computational design. The fellowship includes opportunities to develop learning methods on real hardware and mentor students.

Apply through the RobotX programme to several ETH robotics research groups, selecting up to three potential supervisors. Areas include soft and biohybrid robots, locomotion, manipulation, perception, human–robot interaction, learning and safety. Successful candidates receive fully funded doctoral employment at ETH salary rates with social benefits and…

This full-time, fixed-term research position develops tactile sensing hardware for a tendon-driven robot hand. Work includes multi-axis force sensing, electronics and packaging, sensor integration, closed-loop experiments and reproducible benchmarks. The industry-funded project combines hands-on prototyping with scientific publication and mentoring.

The Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich develops soft and musculoskeletal robots, biohybrid living systems, dexterous manipulation and robot learning, and simulation for embodied AI. Researchers shape a direction connecting real hardware, sensing and control with learning policies, compliant actuation, fabrication or engineered tissue. Doctoral researchers…

The Soft Robotics Lab seeks postdoctoral researchers working on compliant robotic systems, biohybrid actuators, dexterous manipulation, robot learning or embodied-AI simulation. Researchers will develop and experimentally validate systems, publish findings and co-supervise students. The full-time Zurich appointment starts with a one-year contract, renewable…

The Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for tenure-track and tenured faculty positions. Preference will be given to candidates at the Assistant Professor level; however, extraordinary applicants at the Associate Professor or Full Professor level may also be considered. We seek highly…

Develop research in manufacturing robotics, industrial automation and controls within ORNL's Manufacturing Robotics and Controls Group. Work includes advanced sensing and control algorithms, flexible automation, machine learning, machine vision and collaboration with industrial partners. The scientist will develop proposals, communicate research results and…

Develop interfaces for dexterous robot teleoperation by combining wrist or forearm surface electromyography with egocentric computer vision. Research covers signal processing, representation learning, motor-intent decoding, object and hand understanding, multimodal reasoning and real-time sensing. The role focuses on robotics and interactive systems; it has…

University-wide faculty recruitment covers core AI methods and interdisciplinary applications. Topics include learning theory, language and foundation models, robotics, trustworthy AI and AI systems. Appointees join a suitable home department, develop externally funded research, teach and mentor students, and collaborate across disciplines. Initial review…

Develop learning-based sensing and control for soft robotic baggage-handling systems. Build and test adaptive grippers and manipulation strategies for deformable, irregular loads, using real-world measurements to improve performance and reliability.

Design robot structures, mechanisms, enclosures and mounts, then validate their manufacture, assembly and field performance. The work integrates mechanical design with electronics and software and turns prototype results into documented, maintainable assemblies.

Design robotic electronics from requirements and schematics through board commissioning and diagnostics. Work includes embedded firmware, sensor and actuator interfaces, power and timing constraints, and collaboration with mechanical and software engineers.

Develop and validate control software for physical robots, working across sensors, actuators and mechanical constraints. The role includes experiment design, commissioning, repeatable testing and documenting results so other researchers can extend the systems.

Develop industrial robots for manufacturing, including welding, bonding, drilling and manipulation. The work combines robot control and motion planning with sensor integration, metrology and automated data collection, and includes experiments to improve accuracy and process quality.

Develop perception and learning methods for humanoid robots in autonomous manufacturing. The doctorate combines RGB-D data, scene understanding, synthetic data, simulation-to-reality transfer and robot manipulation, with experimental validation on physical platforms. The project is hosted by the Advanced Manufacturing Lab and includes collaboration with…

Develop and evaluate AI-enabled connected vehicles and smart mobility systems. Research combines transportation data, digital twins, cooperative driving, infrastructure control, vehicle-in-the-loop testing and real-world demonstrations to improve energy efficiency and transport performance. Applications are made on the employer’s recruitment portal; no…

A fully funded four-year PhD in ETH Zurich’s Robotic Materials group investigates materials whose mechanical modulus, viscoelasticity and flow behavior can be programmed within one continuous body. Work includes dynamic covalent polymer-composite synthesis, rheological characterization, theory and multiphysics simulation, and fabrication of soft robotic…

Lead evaluation frameworks and data-collection protocols for robot capabilities. Define tasks, benchmarks and success criteria; stress-test policies against real-world cases; and turn observed failure modes into targeted training data. Build teleoperation workflows and operator interfaces, integrate logging and data pipelines with engineering teams, and…

Develop computational and robotic models of learning, development and social cognition in Jun Tani’s Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit. Topics include recurrent networks, predictive coding, active inference, generalisation during development, executive control and working memory. Duties include model and task design, simulation or robotics experiments,…

Develop an AI-assisted digital platform for stroke rehabilitation at the Singapore-ETH Centre. The project combines a mobile app and conversational agent with a soft robotic hand orthosis, supporting rehabilitation adherence at home. Work includes gathering patient and clinician requirements, building and validating the app, integrating rehabilitation…

Ai2's Robotics team is hiring a research scientist to investigate foundation models for robotics and develop open methods, datasets, benchmarks, and models. The work combines large-scale simulation with real robots, spanning manipulation, planning and control, reinforcement or imitation learning, sim-to-real transfer, world models, and broadly competent…

Postdoc in the Soft Robotics Lab developing compact tactile sensors for robotic hands to enable reliable manipulation in unstructured environments, including sensor design, fabrication, and integration.