Topic
Reconfiguration of Dynamic Indoor Environments through Interactive Mobile Manipulation
Tools
- Reactive task allocation
- Automatic behaviour-tree generation
- Indoor scene graphs
Research directions
- Task assignments for mobile manipulators in indoor environments
- Knowledge representation systems for dynamic indoor environments
- RL for interaction with movable objects
- Generative AI in Robotics
Professor: George Nikolakopoulos, Lulea University of Technology
- DARPA Subterranean Challenge (Team CoSTAR)
- Autonomous Systems for subsurface void explorations with a focus on planetary exploration and earth applications in search/rescue, mining, and AI in extreme conditions
- Guidance for autonomous aerial manipulator using stereo vision Paper
- Personal webpage →http://www.gnikolak.com/
Documents
- CV
- Personal Letter
- Copies of diplomas
- Application with reference number 2629-2024
Deadline: 20 August 2024
Programme Structure Courses (60 ECTS) + Thesis (120 ECTS)
- Length: 4 years
- Max. 20% of the time for departmental duties → Extra time allowed
- 2 supervisors of which 1 is the principal one
- Coursework (Atleast 50 ECTS from Categories 1 and 2 for PhD + Max. 10 from 3)
- Electrical/Mechanical Engg. and Computer Science
- Math, Controls, Programming
- Research Methodology, Theory of Knowledge, Info Retrieval, Pedagogy
- Thesis
- Either monographic or compilation thesis allowed
- Should meet requirements to be published in a peer-reviewed scientific forum
- Monograph is ~200 pages long
- Compilation: Bunch of papers with introductory summary
- Grade: P or F
Personal Letter Outline
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Paragraph 1
- Express interest in the position and my career goals
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- Explain my motivation for choosing this field and my prior knowledge
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- My strengths and how I stand out
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- Why choose this university and lab?