The RoboticsLab at the Carlos III of Madrid seeks qualified candidate for a Ph.D. scholarship, associated to the ASIROV project funded by Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. The scholarship is for a duration of 4 years; the first 2 as a scholarship and the last 2 as a research contract.

The theme of the thesis will be centered on robot manipulator control using vision and force feedback and the developed algorithms will be implemented in an experimental robotic testbed. Prior knowledge in any of the following subjects is evaluated positively (however not compulsory): computer vision, visual servoing, and manipulator position and force control...

Candidate Profile:
Degree in: Electronic, Mechanical or Communications Engineering, Computer Science, (title obtained after January 1st 2003) with proficiency in written/spoken English.

The scholarship includes:
- 1120 Euros/month
- Waiver of registration costs in the doctoral program
- Funding of research visits to other robotics laboratories (international)

Availability: Starting in September 2007.
Deadline: February 6, 2007
For additional information contact. Mohamed Abderrahim
Tel: +34 91 624 8761 or +34 626 577 326