UZH Robotics & Perception Group opens funded PhD/postdoc spots in world models and spatial AI
HildeKuehne · x · 2026-10-16
The Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich (Davide Scaramuzza's lab, associated with the ETH AI Center) is hiring multiple fully funded PhD students and postdocs in:
- Low-energy, low-latency world models with event cameras and frames
- Vision-based self-improving robot learning in the real world
- Learning vision-based navigation without state estimation
- Spatial AI for indoor navigation of blind people
Deadline is October 27, 2026, with screening until positions are filled. The lab is known for outperforming world-champion drone racing pilots and high-speed event-camera navigation.
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