Neuromotor Interfaces PhD for Dexterous Robot Teleoperation

ETH Zurich; Zürich; On-site; CHF 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

ETH Zurich’s Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab invites applications for a fully funded PhD position at its Zurich campus. The project combines wearable EMG at the wrist or forearm with egocentric vision to decode motor intent and understand hand-object interactions.

You will develop signal-processing and machine-learning methods for multimodal sensing, addressing real-time inference and robust performance in interactive settings, with applications in Mixed Reality and robotics.

Qualifications

• Excellent master's degree (MSc., M.Eng. or equivalent) in CS/EE/Robotics or related field.
• Strong background in ML, signals and time-series data.
• Experience implementing and evaluating computational methods for real-time sensing.

Responsibilities

• Develop signal-processing and machine-learning methods for multichannel EMG.
• Develop egocentric computer-vision methods for hands and objects.
• Develop multimodal learning and reasoning combining EMG with egocentric vision.
• Investigate reasoning over objects, actions, and task state for dexterous teleoperation.

Skills

Machine learning

Signal processing

Time-series data

Programming

Real-time systems

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field

Tools

Python

TensorFlow/PyTorch

ROS

OpenCV

Job description

ETH Zurich’s Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab invites applications for a fully funded PhD position at its Zurich campus. The project combines wearable EMG at the wrist or forearm with egocentric vision to decode motor intent and understand hand-object interactions.

You will develop signal-processing and machine-learning methods for multimodal sensing, addressing real-time inference and robust performance in interactive settings, with applications in Mixed Reality and robotics.