Are you a UK applicant looking for a fully-funded PhD opportunity in robotics?
RoboStar, a world-leading centre of excellence for software engineering for robotics, is seeking postgraduate researchers for an exciting new project starting in September 2026 in Autonomous Robots for Manipulating Hazardous Substances (jointly funded with UK Atomic Energy Authority/RACE).
If you are interested in robotics, and have strong programming and software engineering skills, one of these projects could be for you. The successful candidates will be based in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York, and will collaborate closely with industry.
Our postgraduate researchers benefit from the significant real-world impact of RoboStar’s research. Successful completion of the PhD programme could potentially lead to exciting career prospects with our project partners.
Funding is for UK students only. No research proposal is required. Find out more: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywords=robostar
Any questions? Email cs-pgr-admissions@york.ac.uk.
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Tel: 01904 325500
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