<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Bioengineering and Robotics Research Center “E. Piaggio of </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> the University of Pisa </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">is </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">seeking for expressions of interest (EoI) for multiple Postdoc positions in Haptics.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The envisioned activities for these positions will be financed by the grant “PERCEIVING”, financed by the Italian Science Fund of the Ministry of University and Research (MUR).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The main goal of this project is to design a hand wearable haptic system and a hand sensing tool, which can effectively render and sense, respectively, all main tactile and proprioceptive cues, minimizing resource usage. These systems will be used and tested in telerobotics and augmented-extended reality applications.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">To reach this objective, several activities are needed and envisioned, which include (i) mathematical and numerical modeling of the physics of tactile interaction; (ii) psychophysical and behavioural experiments; (iii) design, control and validation of wearable haptic systems; (iii) integration in telerobotics and extended reality. These activities require a variety of profiles and expertises in different fields, including material sciences, neuroscience, biomechanics, mechatronics, robotics, human-machine interaction.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><b>The envisioned starting date for these positions is the beginning of 2024.</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:6pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This call is a preliminary stage aimed at collecting EoI, and it is not a formal opening for positions. Postdoc positions in Italy can only be awarded through a public competition. We will contact the selected applicants to inform about the formal opening of the positions and the related procedure. For additional information, please email Prof. Matteo Bianchi [</span><a href="mailto:matteobianchi23@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">matteobianchi23@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">], email subject “<i><u>PERCEIVING EoI”</u></i>.</span></p></div>