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<p>Job title: Professor of Robotics<br>
</p>
Department: Bristol Robotics Laboratory<br>
Campus/location: Frenchay, Bristol campus<br>
Salary band: £60,173 - £86,889 per annum <br>
Duration of post: Permanent<br>
<br>
Closing date: 19 January 2018 @ 23:59<br>
<p>Job Overview:</p>
<p>The Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the Faculty of Environment
& Technology have an exciting permanent and full time position
for a Professor of Robotics to join <acronym title="Bristol
Robotics Laboratory">BRL</acronym> within the Engineering,
Design & Mathematics Department.</p>
<p>The Robotics and Autonomous Systems (<acronym title="Robotics and
Autonomous Systems ">RAS</acronym>) research-and-innovation
pipeline is now experiencing unprecedented growth, evidenced by
substantial new research opportunities appearing across the <acronym
title="United Kingdom">UK</acronym>, <acronym title="European
Union">EU</acronym> and global funding landscape.</p>
<p>In the context of Human-Robot Interaction, you will champion
research in control systems underpinning:</p>
<ol>
<li>advanced augmented and virtual reality via immersive
tele-operation;</li>
<li>dynamic Levels of Autonomy (<acronym title="Levels of
Autonomy">LoA</acronym>) , typically varying from
teleoperation to autonomous control, i.e., the ability to
dynamically switch between different LoA so as to significantly
outperform any single Level.</li>
</ol>
<p>These research topics can lead naturally to shared control
frameworks that enable both human and <acronym title="Artificial
Intelligence">AI</acronym> to collaborate in controlling one or
more robots, thus simultaneously fusing reasoning from both the
human and the autonomous agent. These methods are particularly
relevant to safety-critical application domains where remote
operation and varying autonomy could be highly beneficial.</p>
<p>This strategic focus resonates strongly as a fundamental and core
issue in domains that stretch from assisted living, through
robot-assisted surgery, to operations in an array of challenging
and/or hazardous environments (e.g. nuclear decommissioning,
subsea, space, offshore maintenance), and human-robot teamwork in
manufacturing domains that incorporate critical elements of
‘Industrie 4.0’. In all of these areas, a human-in-the-loop may be
required for some or even all of the time, but complex
manipulations may be too difficult to directly teleoperate
efficiently.</p>
<p>We are looking for a candidate that could take on the challenge
of joining these common factors across the application domains,
all of which are existing foci for <acronym title="Bristol
Robotics Laboratory">BRL</acronym>, i.e., a candidate who will
work with and grow our existing teams as part of our <acronym
title="Bristol Robotics Laboratory">BRL</acronym> Unique Selling
Point.</p>
<p>We welcome applications from researchers able to build on
strongly linked disciplines and who are fully committed to
developing one or more of the area of research outlined above.</p>
<p><acronym title="University of the West of England, Bristol">UWE</acronym>
Bristol is an ambitious university. Together, our people are
working hard to advance knowledge, inspire people and transform
futures. We are looking for people with the skills and ambition to
help us achieve those aims.</p>
<p>We are a well-established university, with over 27,000 students,
250,000 alumni and 3,000 staff. Students come to study with us
from all over the UK, as well as from 140 different countries
around the world, making this a diverse and interesting place to
come and study.</p>
<p>Bristol itself is a hub of social and cultural activity. A place
with a strong, creative and fiercely independent mindset. A city
with a buzzing music scene, great restaurants and interesting
business ventures. It’s not surprising Bristol is consistently
named as one of the best places to live and work in the <acronym
title="United Kingdom">UK</acronym>.</p>
<p>In addition to progressive pay rates, <acronym title="University
of the West of England, Bristol">UWE</acronym> Bristol offers a
wide range of staff benefits including:</p>
<ul>
<li>a generous holiday allowance of 35 Days</li>
<li>up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year in addition;</li>
<li>flexible working;</li>
<li>excellent defined benefit pension schemes;</li>
<li>option to participate in the cycle to work scheme;</li>
<li>family friendly policies;</li>
<li>onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus;</li>
<li>option to purchase childcare vouchers.</li>
</ul>
<p>This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have
invested in the latest facilities and resources to give our
students access to everything they need to succeed – with £300m
being spent on new state-of-the-art learning spaces and
accommodation between now and 2020 to enhance our offer even
further. Frenchay campus is within close proximity to excellent
motorway links and within walking distance of two train stations,
making <acronym title="University of the West of England,
Bristol">UWE</acronym> Frenchay Campus the ideal place to work
for those wishing to commute to Bristol.</p>
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If you have any queries or would like an informal discussion, please
contact the Director of BRL, Prof. Chris Melhuish at <a
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href="mailto:Chris.Melhuish@uwe.ac.uk">Chris.Melhuish@uwe.ac.uk</a>
or on +44 117 328 6332. <br>
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Link to Bristol Robotics Laboratory with more details of the
laboratory and full advert is: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.brl.ac.uk">http://www.brl.ac.uk</a>
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for advert only).<br>
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Tony Pipe
Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Deputy Director: Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Bristol Robotics Laboratory
T-Building
Frenchay Campus
Bristol UK BS16 1QY
Tel: +44 (0)117 3286330
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