PhD in A Related Quantitative Discipline

Research theme: Control Engineering, Robotics/nThis 3.5-year PhD studentship (open to Home (UK) applicants) in Manchester. The project aims to develop a new control framework that enables embodied decision-making in autonomous swarms, focusing on the coupling between body dynamics, sensing, and interactions among neighbouring agents and their environments. The research combines control theory, nonlinear dynamical systems, robotics, and formal methods to develop principled models and algorithms for distributed decision-making in complex and uncertain environments. The candidate will be affiliated with CRADLE (Center for Robotic Autonomy in Demanding and Long-Lasting Environments) and will work closely with Work Package 2 (Architectures) and Work Package 5 (Demonstrators). Stipend and tuition fees provided; see funding details.