Your scores and academics are very impressive and my areas of research
match your interests which is a plus point. I would encourage you to
apply
to ××× and I am sure your application will receive due attention.
The department provides limited amount of Graduate Teaching
Assistantships
to students with good records especially PhD candidates. In addition, I
do
have some funds to support a PhD (only) student for a limited amount of
time. We have an excellent robotics laboratory where you can implement
some
of the algorithms you mention as we are looking at similar methods.
Warm regards and good luck.