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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> <b>PhD Opening
</b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">on
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Proximity and contact sensing technologies for Human-Robot interaction
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Humanoid & Human Centred Mechatronics Research Line
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="IT" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">The Humanoids and Human Centred Mechatronics Research Laboratory (</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.iit.it/it/web/humanoids-human-centered-mechatronics">https://www.iit.it/it/web/humanoids-human-centered-mechatronics</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">)
at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) has a fully funded PhD position focusing on the development of Proximity and contact sensing technologies and interaction control tools for Human-Robot Collaboration. The PhD position is linked to the JOiiNT
LAB</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>(<a href="https://www.joiintlab.com/en/coming-soon/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New"">https://www.joiintlab.com/en/coming-soon/</span></a>),
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">a research and innovation laboratory recently established between the Italian Institute of Technology and the Intellimech (<a href="https://www.intellimech.it/">https://www.intellimech.it/</a>)
Consortium to facilitate the robotics technology transfer mission by linking research activities and industrial needs, as well as the training of next generation of robotics and control professionals with advanced technical and scientific skills. Within the
JOiiNT LAB,</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Intellimech and the robotics research limes of Humanoid & Human Centred Mechatronics (<a href="https://www.iit.it/web/humanoids-human-centered-mechatronics">https://www.iit.it/web/humanoids-human-centered-mechatronics</a>),
Human-Robot Interfaces and physical Interaction (<a href="https://hri.iit.it/">https://hri.iit.it/</a>) and Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation (<a href="https://www.iit.it/web/soft-robotics-for-human-cooperation-and-rehabilitation">https://www.iit.it/web/soft-robotics-for-human-cooperation-and-rehabilitation</a>)
at IIT are partnered together with Confindustria Bergamo, Kilometro Rosso, the University of Bergamo and nine 'Champion' industrial partners.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Young scientists with excellent First/Master degrees in Mechanical / Electrical engineering, computer science, or other related
fields and strong interest in mechanism and robot design, and control are welcome to apply to this PhD position. The successful candidate will be involved in the research activities of the JOiiNT LAB and ha</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">s</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">
the opportunity to pursue her/his PhD using state of art robots and customized mobile manipulation platforms developed to serve a number of industrial use-cases. For any enquiries concerning the above PhD topic, please contact Nikos Tsagarakis at</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">
<a href="mailto:nikos.tsagarakis@iit.it">nikos.tsagarakis@iit.it</a><a name="_Toc268074584"></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Information on how to apply and the admission procedures can be found at the following links of University of Pisa</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><a href="https://dottorato.unipi.it/index.php/en/">https://dottorato.unipi.it/index.php/en/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New"">https://dottorato.unipi.it/index.php/en/application-process-for-the-academic-year-2021-2022.html</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D">,a</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">nd
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D"><a href="https://dottorato.unipi.it/images/stories/competition2021_2022/concorsi_eng/ING_INFO_03_eng.pdf">https://dottorato.unipi.it/images/stories/competition2021_2022/concorsi_eng/ING_INFO_03_eng.pdf</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">The application deadline is strictly by the
<b>16th July, 2021</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New"">Nikos Tsagarakis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Nikos Tsagarakis, Tenured Senior Scientist
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Humanoids and Human Centred Mechatronics Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">IIT - Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Genova)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">Via S. Quirico 19d, 16163 Genova GE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">e-mail:
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt"><a href="mailto:nikos.tsagarakis@iit.it">nikos.tsagarakis@iit.it</a></span><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">tel:
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">+39 010 2898 296</span><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black">url:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">
<a href="https://www.iit.it/it/people-details/-/people/nikos-tsagarakis">https://www.iit.it/it/people-details/-/people/nikos-tsagarakis</a>
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