🇬🇧 Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Adaptive Haptic Skill Transfer
Location: United Kingdom
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Fully funded PhD studentship in Adaptive Haptic Skill Transfer for Human-Robot Collaboration in Nuclear Teleoperation at the University of Nottingham.
A fully funded PhD studentship is available within the Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). The project focuses on Adaptive Haptic Skill Transfer for Human–Robot Collaboration in Nuclear Teleoperation.
- Improve human operator training through real-time skill estimation and tailored haptic feedback
- Enable robots to learn from expert operator behaviour, improving semi-autonomous assistance
- Integrate bidirectional learning between humans and robots to enhance shared performance
Supervisors: Dr Ayse Kucukyilmaz, Dr Nikhil Deshpande, and Dr Harun Tugal.
To apply, email ayse.kucukyilmaz@nottingham.ac.uk or nikhil.deshpande@nottingham.ac.uk with your CV, cover letter, and academic transcripts. The final application deadline is 31 January 2026.
Tags: PhD studentship, Adaptive Haptic Skill Transfer, Nuclear Teleoperation, Human-Robot Collaboration, University of Nottingham, UKAEA, Robotics Research, United Kingdom
