PhD position in the domain of Autonomous Aerial Robotics for Digital Forestry

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For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree. 

The Department of Engineering Cybernetics is looking for a PhD candidate in the domain of Autonomous Aerial Robotics for Digital Forestry. The PhD candidate will work on the challenging problem of resilient autonomous navigation and mapping under the forest canopy thus allowing to collect essential data that will be used for digital analytics towards sustainable forestry practices and optimized robotic harvesting. The research activity is part of a soon-to-start EU project on robotics for sustainable forestry with our partners involving top international institutions and industry across Europe. 

The position is part of the Autonomous Robots Lab activities in resilient robotic autonomy across diverse operational conditions. The Autonomous Robots Lab has leading research in robotic autonomy and demonstrated performance in a collection of world-class projects funded by both European and US sources. As part of new research activities of our lab, we will work in the broad area of digital analytics and robotics for sustainable forestry. Indicative instances of our work can be seen in the following videos of our robotic experimentation: https://youtu.be/P3uT4gHEFHw & https://youtu.be/SNMsKAnCQkw  

The position reports to Professor Kostas Alexis as the main scientific supervisor of the research.