Descripción
This is NTNU NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim. At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world. You will find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here. Video: https://youtu.be/Xt-yHCN5QS0 About the position The position is for three years with the possibility of up to one-year extension for teaching assistant duties, and is part of the Norwegian Centre for Embodied AI (NCEI), one of Norway’s six national AI centres. The centre is recruiting outstanding researchers to advance a universal science of embodied intelligence. NCEI brings together leading robotics and AI groups with key partners from industry and the public sector to study how intelligence emerges from the interaction between body, computation, and environment, across flying, ground, and aquatic robot configurations. Our mission is to chart a generalisable path for physical AI and transform how robot morphology and autonomy are co-designed, enabling new generations of systems tailored to their operational environments and missions. Successful candidates will join an international community with world-class facilities and strong collaborations across Norwegian universities, research institutes, industry, public agencies, and leading global institutions. We welcome motivated applicants in robotics, control, AI, machine learning, physics, and related fields, including early-stage researchers eager to contribute to this emerging scientific frontier. About the project The role of the PhD candidate will be to develop efficient methods for Hybrid Learning-Control Methods for Autonomous Underwater Manipulation: Modern AI has demonstrated remarkable capabilities in learning, adaptation, planning, and decision-making. However, autonomous underwater manipulation presents challenges that remain difficu