We are seeking a Research Associate - Digital toolkit for optimisation of operators and technology in manufacturing partnerships.
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About usAs manufacturing shifts towards smart factories, with interconnected production systems and automation, the DigiTOP project has the aim to develop a predictive toolkit to optimise productivity and communication between human workers and robots. Academics at the University of Nottingham, Cranfield University, Loughborough University and the Bristol Robotics Lab are collaborating to deliver an open-access suite of digital tools to enable the real-time capture and prediction of impact, allowing digital technologies to be optimised for manufacturing system performance. Using new human factors theories and data analytics approaches, tools will be designed to inform human requirements for workload, situation awareness and decision making in digital manufacturing. At the same time, demonstrators will be used to test the implementation of sensing technologies that will capture and evaluate performance change and build predictive models of system performance.
About youYou will work at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) at the University of the West of England, Bristol and collaborate with academic and industrial project partners to investigate novel methods for measuring human factors during interactions between humans and collaborative industrial robots. The research in this project follows two themes. On one hand you will be working towards developing new methodology for standardisation of human-robot interaction user studies in and industrial manufacturing context. On the other hand, you will also be involved in preparing and executing human-robot interaction user studies using a collaborative robot. You will be required to travel regularly to other partner sites in the UK for project meetings, and to liaise with collaborators from industry. You will also be expected to travel overseas from time to time to attend conferences and to meet with collaborating organisations.
This project will provide the successful candidate with the ideal opportunity to work at the UK's biggest robotics lab and be part of an excellent human-robot interaction research group. It will also provide a unique opportunity to interact with industrial partners and to collect experience in smart production and industry 4.0.
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus.
In addition to progressive pay rates, UWE Bristol offers a wide range of staff benefits including:
- a generous holiday allowance of 27 days - up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year - flexible working - excellent defined benefit pension schemes - access to employee assistance programme - savings on purchases via Wider Wallet scheme - option to participate in the cycle to work scheme - family friendly policies - onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus.
This post is a full time, fixed-term post until June 2021 and is not open to jobshare.
If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Manuel Giuliani on 0117 328 86182 or email: manuel.giuliani@uwe.ac.uk.
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