A range of positions are available within the group.
Student Assistants (SHK/WHF): positions are currently not available.
Bachelor/Master Thesis: topics are available in the group. Potential topics include sensing systems for agriculture and other areas of agricultural engineering with relation to plants/crops. If you are interested this field or related topics please contact Dr. Oliver Schmittmann (o.schmittmann [AT] uni-bonn [DOT] de).
PhD Positions:
1. Soft Grippers for Fruit Harvesting and Quality Assessment
Focus: Soft robotics, compliant mechanisms, and integrated fingertip sensing (optical/mechanical) for physical interaction, fruit harvesting, and quality assessment.
Application: https://forms.gle/YjtHDHEmFTExbiy66
2. Robotics for Multimodal Biodiversity Monitoring in Agricultural Fields
Focus: Environmental and field robotics, automated collection of eDNA, bioacoustics, image-based sensing, and assessment of robotic disturbance on ecosystems.
Application: https://forms.gle/GqM3i4TNo7T4wknP7
Postdoctoral Positions:
Learning-Based Control for Agile Flight of Soft Aerial Robots
Focus: Machine learning, nonlinear control, sim-to-real transfer, and dynamic flight manoeuvres with deformable aerial platforms.
Application: https://forms.gle/RKep4pSUCDFgXLBo8