Postdoc Opportunity in Contact-Rich Mobile LocoManipulation at Oxford

Postdoc position in Contact-Rich Mobile LocoManipulation at University of Oxford. Focus on learning-based manipulation approaches for articulated mobile robots.

A postdoctoral research associate position is available in the Dynamic Robot Systems – Control (DRS-C) group at the Oxford Robotics Institute. The successful candidate will work on developing learning-based manipulation approaches for articulated mobile robots.

The project involves collaboration with ETH Zurich’s ‘RobotX – Center for Robotics’ and includes a plan for joint workshops and visits.

• Key areas of focus: learning-based whole-body motion planning and control, legged multi-contact manipulation and locomotion, reinforcement learning, and optimization.
• Desirable experience in one or more of these areas.

Further information and application details can be found at https://eng.ox.ac.uk/jobs/job-detail/?vacancyID=180776.

The closing date for applications is 12.00pm (noon, UK) on Monday, 1st September 2025.

Tags: Postdoc Opportunity, Mobile LocoManipulation, Oxford Robotics Institute, Machine Learning, Robotics Research, Artificial Intelligence