Fully Funded EPSRC DTP PhD Scholarship: Robotic Third Arm for Harvesting Assistance

Funding suppliers: Engineering and Bodily Sciences Analysis Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Coaching Partnerships (DTP) and Swansea College’s School of Science and Engineering

Topic areas: Clever Robotics

Challenge description: 

Swansea College, an internationally recognised tutorial establishment with sturdy commitments to analysis and technological innovation, seeks purposes for a PhD scholarship funded place to hitch our quickly creating Clever Robotics Group on the Pc Science Division, School of Science and Engineering. The growth of Clever Robotics for real-world purposes, reducing throughout the domains of assisted residing and fashionable agriculture, is considered one of our analysis group’s objectives. Tentacle venture is a fascinating initiative that goals to develop a complicated robotic arm able to helping harvesting duties. By means of laptop imaginative and prescient, the Tentacle arm will be capable of acknowledge if a product (comparable to a fruit or a vegetable) is prepared for selecting and help the choosing activity. The Tentacle arm and the human-picker are imagined to cooperate, with the arm helping the choosing course of whereas the human-picker carries the arm all through the plantation. By leveraging the distinctive capabilities of each robots and people, this collaborative method goals to optimize the harvesting course of, reduce losses ensuing from untimely harvesting, and expedite the general choosing course of. Be a part of us and take part on this thrilling venture. At Swansea College you’ll do extra than simply analysis; at Swansea College you’ll positively be impacting individuals’s lives and the surroundings.  Eligibility

Candidates should maintain an undergraduate diploma at 2.1 degree in Pc Science, Arithmetic or a intently associated self-discipline, or an acceptable grasp’s diploma with a minimal general grade at ‘Benefit’ (or Non-UK equal as outlined by Swansea College). If you’re eligible to use for the scholarship (i.e. a pupil who’s eligible to pay the UK price of tuition charges) however don’t maintain a UK diploma, you’ll be able to examine our comparability entry. Please be aware that you could be want to supply proof of your English Language proficiency.

Because of funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to candidates eligible to pay tuition charges on the UK price solely, as outlined by UKCISA laws.