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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">Event-Driven Perception for Robotics Research Line </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">at
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">(</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://www.edpr.iit.it/"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4F82;text-decoration:none">www.edpr.iit.it</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is
opening a Post doc position in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Efficient perception for safety and ergonomics for human-robot interaction in manufacturing workspaces.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">The position is focusing on</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">neuromorphic
sensing of human presence and human movement with the goal of improving safety and ergonomics for human-robot interaction in manufacturing workspaces.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">The research activities will be carried out under the supervision of Dr. Chiara Bartolozzi and Dr. Arren Glover. The
selected candidate will work with a multidisciplinary consortium of participant to the awarded project APRIL (H2020 DT-FOF-12, n. G.A. 870142). APRIL project aims at implementing and deploying market oriented, low cost and multipurpose robots that support
semiautomatic tasks in manufacturing production lines and handle flexible or deformable materials in industries of any size or domain. The candidate will work with different robotic platforms for human-robot interaction in manufacturing context selected together
with the consortium and with different sensorial setups specifically designed to assess the gaze pattern, reaction time, working movements, fatigue level in workers. Specifically, </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">he </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">candidate
will work on </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">the decoding of human movement and intention to improve safety and interaction between robots and operators, </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">using</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333"> event-driven
vision sensing, to exploit efficiency, low latency and high temporal resolution.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333"> Event-driven vision will be used to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">extract
relevant characteristics of velocity, and acceleration in 3D to infer action features (e.g. trajectory prediction, time-of-arrival) and psychophysics state of the operator (e.g.: vitality and fatigue). Such kinematic and psychophysics parameters </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">will
be used to estimate </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">in real-time the intention and goal of the action</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Salary and benefits are competitive for international standards.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please submit your application,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> including a detailed curriculum vitae and
name and contacts of 2 referees, using the online form at </span><a href="https://iit.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=2000000R"><span lang="EN-US">https://iit.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=2000000R</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
(deadline May 18th, 2020),. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"OpenSans-Regular",serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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