University of Salford, Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - Robotics and Systems Engineering, Trimester 1 (Sep ), Trimester 2 (February), 2021

The food industry is very labour intensive and as a result is under threat from low wage economies.

To allow companies to remain competitive they need to embrace automation.

Led by Dr Steve Davis you will learn how many of the challenges found in the food industry cannot be addressed by conventional automation and how advanced systems and grippers are required.

You will work on robots with cognitive capabilities, which are key elements to autonomous systems, such as perception processing, attention allocation, anticipation, planning, reasoning about other agents, and perhaps reasoning about their own mental states.

Several projects are currently undertaken in this area in collaboration with psychologists and neuroscientist from European institutions.

This course is led by Prof. S. Nefti-Meziani and Dr T. Theodoridis.Research the fields of robotics, mechatronics, automation and control, embedded systems, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Undertake research around an area from your own profession and develop solutions... Read more

The food industry is very labour intensive and as a result is under threat from low wage economies.

To allow companies to remain competitive they need to embrace automation.

Led by Dr Steve Davis you will learn how many of the challenges found in the food industry cannot be addressed by conventional automation and how advanced systems and grippers are required.

You will work on robots with cognitive capabilities, which are key elements to autonomous systems, such as perception processing, attention allocation, anticipation, planning, reasoning about other agents, and perhaps reasoning about their own mental states.

Several projects are currently undertaken in this area in collaboration with psychologists and neuroscientist from European institutions.

This course is led by Prof. S. Nefti-Meziani and Dr T. Theodoridis.Research the fields of robotics, mechatronics, automation and control, embedded systems, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Undertake research around an area from your own profession and develop solutions that can be implemented in the workplace.

Earn a doctorate-level to take you further in your current career or provide a gateway into a research career.

Master by Research (MSc) One year full-time Two years part-time Master of Philosophy (MPhil) One year full-time Two years part-time, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Three years full-time Five years part-time Master of Philosophy (MPhil) One year full-time Two years part-time, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Three years full-time Five years part-time.

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