Research Assistant (Robotic navigation and object recognition)

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is one of the founding Schools of the Nanyang Technological University. Built on a culture of excellence, the School is renowned for its high academic standards and research.  With over 3,000 undergraduates students and 1,000 graduate students it is one of the largest EEE schools in the world and ranks 10th in the field of Electrical & Electronic Engineering in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subjects.

Today, the School has become one of the world’s largest engineering schools that nurtures competent engineers and researchers. Each year, the School graduates over a thousand students who are ready to take on great ambitions and challenges.

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We are looking for a Research Assistant to support the research for the project titled: Robotics Innovation Research Fund.

Key Responsibilities:

The Research Assistant will work on robotic navigation, manipulation control, vision-based object detection and identification, and robotic maintenance. The role of this position includes:

• Literature survey of the latest robotic SLAM and navigation techniques.

• Deployment of novel navigation approaches for smart obstacle avoidance in network-denial environment.

• Development of a novel vision-based robotic manipulation control.

• Deployment of developed methods in software modules in Unitree G1 robots.

• Publication of research papers and IPs.

• To assist project PI to coach research students.

Job Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields with past experience in embedded system, machine learning and software development.

• Knowledge in robotic system development is a plus.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

We regret to inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.