Humanoid Intelligence for Industrial Validation and Evaluation (HI2VE), Program FESR 2021-2027, Project code EFRE1127 + Automation and reconfiguration of flexible production systems (Funds for new projects development Rauch)

Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; Italia; Hybrid; EUR 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Libera Università di Bolzano invites applications for a research fellowship under the HI2VE project. The selected candidate will contribute to defining requirements, use cases, experimental tasks, evaluation metrics, benchmarks, and data management procedures, with activities spanning both simulated environments and real robotic platforms.

The role includes developing, integrating, and evaluating Embodied AI and ML algorithms for perception, manipulation, and navigation, plus software deployment

Responsibilities

• Define requirements, use cases, experimental tasks, evaluation metrics, benchmarks and data management procedures.
• Select, develop, integrate and evaluate Embodied AI and Machine Learning algorithms for perception, manipulation and navigation.

Job description

Organisation/Company Libera Università di Bolzano Research Field Engineering Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Leading Researcher (R4) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 30 Oct 2026 - 12:00 (UTC) Country Italy Type of Contract To be defined Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The HI2VE project aims to develop a Humanoid Industrial Benchmark for the evaluation of humanoid
robotic platforms and Embodied AI algorithms in real industrial environments. The selected candidate will contribute to defining requirements, use cases, experimental tasks, evaluation metrics, benchmarks and data management procedures. The activities will also include the selection, development, integration and evaluation of Embodied AI and Machine Learning algorithms for perception, manipulation and navigation, working both in simulated environments and on real robotic platforms. Further tasks will include software deployment on hardware, preparation and execution of laboratory tests, and support for the setup of industrial pilots, definition of test protocols, data collection and validation of the technologies in the selected use cases, in collaboration with the project partners... (see call)

• Italy

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