Robotics Intern - Mobile Manipulation, Behaviors

Toyota Research Institute • Los Altos, CA

99d • $45 - $65

About The Position

At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We’re developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility, we’ve built a world-class team in Energy & Materials, Human-Centered AI, Human Interactive Driving, and Robotics. This internship will be embedded within a world-class Robotics team with the mission to develop and integrate innovative solutions that enable a robot to perform complex, human-level mobile manipulation tasks, navigate with and among people, and learn and adapt over time. The team emphasizes developing, deploying, and validating systems in real-world environments. TRI has the runway, roadmap, and expertise to transition the technology development to a product that impacts the lives of millions of people. Apply to join a fast moving team that demands high-risk innovation and learning from failures, using rigorous processes to identify key technologies, develop a robust, high quality system, and quantitatively evaluate performance. As part of the team, you will be surrounded and supported by experts in mobile manipulation at TRI, and be a part of TRI's positive and diverse culture!

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in an engineering related field.
• Experience with inventing and deploying innovative autonomous behaviors for robotic systems in real-world environments.
• Experience in areas such as reactive control, trajectory optimization, coordinated whole-body control, dexterous manipulation, arm motion planning, grasp planning, navigation, and human interaction.
• Experience in applying machine learning to robotics, including areas such as reinforcement, imitation, and transfer learning.
• Strong software engineering skills, preferably in C++, and analysis and debugging of autonomous robotic systems.
• A team player with strong communication skills and a willingness to learn from others.
• Passionate about seeing robotics have a real-world, large-scale impact.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and deploy algorithms linking perception to autonomous robot actions, including manipulation, navigation, and human-robot interaction.
• Invent and deploy innovative solutions at the intersection of machine learning, mobility, manipulation, human interaction, and simulation for performing useful, human-level tasks in human environments.
• Invent novel ways to engineer and learn robust, real-world behaviors, including using optimization, planning, reactive control, self-supervision, active learning, learning from demonstration, simulation and transfer learning, and real-world adaptation.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package including vacation and sick time.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees