Postdoc in Vision‑Driven Robotic Control & MPC

UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE (University of Burgundy); France; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE (University of Burgundy) invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in the MMR project at the ImViA laboratory to develop robust predictive control, observers with PINN, and CBF for mobile manipulator robots, integrating vision data in real‑time control.

The position focuses on simulations in MATLAB/Simulink, experimental validation on instrumented robotic platforms, and dissemination of results through international journals and conferences, with collaboration

Qualifications

• PhD in automatic control, robotics, or related field.
• Strong background in nonlinear control and robust MPC.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink and constrained optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate a robust control architecture for mobile manipulator robots using MPC, adaptive observers and CBF.
• Design robust observers with PINN for real-time estimation leveraging visual data.
• Integrate CBF as optimization constraints to guarantee collision avoidance with vision.
• Conduct simulations in MATLAB/Simulink and experimentally validate on lab platforms.
• Publish results in high-level journals and present at conferences.

Skills

Nonlinear control

Robust predictive control (MPC)

Constrained optimization

Robust observers

Education

PhD in automatic control, robotics, or related field

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

ROS

Job description

UNIVERSITE DE BOURGOGNE (University of Burgundy) invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in the MMR project at the ImViA laboratory to develop robust predictive control, observers with PINN, and CBF for mobile manipulator robots, integrating vision data in real‑time control.

The position focuses on simulations in MATLAB/Simulink, experimental validation on instrumented robotic platforms, and dissemination of results through international journals and conferences, with collaboration