Swarm Robotics Postdoc: Underwater Anomaly Detection

Aarhus University; Aarhus; Remote; DKK 420,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International research collaboration

Access to advanced robotics labs

Interdisciplinary environment

Work-life balance

Job summary

Aarhus University seeks a Postdoc in distributed coordination for swarm robotics focused on underwater anomaly detection. You will contribute to the ADVISOR project, coordinating unmanned underwater vehicles with limited communication in challenging environments.

The position is fixed-term (15 January 2027 to 31 March 2028) within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, collaborating with industry partners and international researchers.

Qualifications

• PhD in computer science, computer engineering, robotics, electrical engineering or a related field.
• Experience with multi-agent systems, swarm robotics or distributed coordination.
• Experience with multi-robot or mission planning, autonomous decision-making or self-adaptive systems.
• Experience with robot simulation, co-simulation or digital twins is an advantage.
• Experience with underwater, marine or field robotics is an advantage.
• Strong publication record in international conferences and journals.
• Ability to work independently and in international teams with industrial partners.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• develop and implement cooperative mission planning for underwater infrastructure surveying and anomaly detection, including approaches for self-adaptation and re-planning of missions at runtime
• design distributed coordination and decision-making mechanisms that allow swarms of underwater vehicles to act on local information under severely limited communication
• validate the coordination approaches through autonomous multi-robot surveying of offshore infrastructure in a laboratory environment
• potentially apply co-simulation and digital-twin frameworks to develop and evaluate multi-robot collaboration
• These activities will be carried out in close collaboration with the Danish industrial partner EIVA and the wider international ADVISOR consortium.

Skills

Multi-agent systems

Swarm robotics

Distributed coordination

Mission planning

Autonomous decision-making

Self-adaptive systems

Robot simulation

Co-simulation

Digital twins

English proficiency

Education

PhD in computer science / robotics / related field

Job description

Aarhus University seeks a Postdoc in distributed coordination for swarm robotics focused on underwater anomaly detection. You will contribute to the ADVISOR project, coordinating unmanned underwater vehicles with limited communication in challenging environments.

The position is fixed-term (15 January 2027 to 31 March 2028) within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, collaborating with industry partners and international researchers.