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15 Doctoral Candidate Positions in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network CAVECORE
by Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner 10 Oct '25

10 Oct '25

15 Funded PhD Positions in Cognitive Robotics (MSCA Doctoral Network CAVECORE) We are seeking highly motivated doctoral candidates for 15 fully funded PhD positions in the new Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network CAVECORE (Continuous, Automated Validation, and Evaluation of Cognitive Robots in Open-Ended Environments). Doctoral Candidates will develop novel methods for evaluating and validating safety, reliability, and performance of AI-enabled robots, combining robotics & AI (manipulation, control, HRI) with cutting-edge validation techniques (automated testing, diagnosis, AI metrology). Through secondments across academia and industry, they will gain hands-on experience and international perspectives. Doctoral topics include the following: - Shared models for reliable and safe human-robot collaboration, and efficient decision-making under uncertainty and partial observability (Positions #1 and #3) - Learning-enabled safe and reliable hybrid controllers, and pro-active behavioural adjustment of RL-based manipulation skills (Positions #4 and #5) - Digital twin-based behavioural specification, adaptive safety monitoring, and uncertainty quantification for risk-informed decision-making (Positions #2, #10, #13) - Measures of human preferences for responsible robot behaviour in prosocial dilemmas and psychometric evaluation of cognitive robots (Positions #8 and #9) - Automated robotic mission assessment with digital twins and scenario-based testing in virtual worlds (Positions #6 and #7) - LLM-assisted scenario generation for safety validation, data-driven test scenario selection using measured sim2real gap, and replicable evaluation based on provenance models (Positions #11, #12, #14, #15) Partners include: University of Bremen, Bielefeld University, IT University of Copenhagen, University of York, TU Graz, Cyprus University of Technology, Laboratoire national de métrologie et d’essais (LNE), PAL Robotics, EIVA A/S, and Cellumation GmbH. Start date: February 2026 | Duration: 36 months | Deadline: October 20, 2025 Application procedure, requirements, and official announcement: https://cavecore.eu/how-to-apply/

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