Department of Computing
Postdoctoral Fellow (three posts)
(Ref. 260422009)
[Appointment period: each for twelve months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “A multimodal intelligent human-robot collaborative system with decision-making safety”. They will be required to:
(a) design, develop and integrate advanced intelligent human-robot collaborative systems, including robotic hardware platforms, multimodal sensing modules and real-time control architectures;
(b) conduct independent and in-depth research on multimodal human-robot interaction and human-centred collaborative robotic systems, with emphasis on embodied intelligence and shared autonomy;
(c) develop algorithms for human intention understanding, multimodal perception and fusion and environment-aware state estimation;
(d) investigate game-theoretic and human-in-the-loop decision-making methods for human-robot collaboration, including interaction strategy design, task negotiation and cooperative action selection;
(e) establish safety-aware control frameworks for coupled human-robot-environment systems, including adaptive motion/force control, constraint handling, safety-critical motion generation, and theoretical guarantees on system stability and performance;
(f) design and conduct experiments for collaborative robotic tasks, such as contact-rich manipulation, compliant interaction and precision operation as well as carry out data collection, system evaluation and benchmarking analysis;
(g) prepare high-quality research outputs, including journal articles, conference papers, technical reports and funding proposals;
(h) assist in supervising research students, support the daily operation of the research team, and collaborate closely with internal and external project partners; and
(i) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader, the Head of Unit or their delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants should have a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Yang Chenguang Charlie at telephone number 2766 7714 or via email at chenguang.yang@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
The closing date for application is 22 May 2026.
Posting date: 22 April 2026