Research Associate in Human-robot Interaction

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom The University of Manchester Full time

A Research Associate in Human-Robot Interaction is required for a period of 12 months to work on the UKRI/EPSRC project “Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node on Trust”. This is a collaborative project of the University of Manchester’s Cognitive Robotics Lab with Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh and Imperial College London.

The research fellows will be working collaboratively as part of the Cognitive Robotics Lab at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester under the supervision of Professor Angelo Cangelosi. Close collaboration with the other project partners will also be required.

Expected start date of the post is 1 April 2023.

Our University is positive about flexible working - you can find out more here

Blended working arrangements may be considered

**Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews**:
Name: Professor Angelo Cangelosi

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**Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.



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