Toyota Research Institute · 4 months ago
Robotics Intern - Mobile Manipulation, Perception
Los Altos, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$45/hr - $65/hr
Start in 2026 SummerToyota Research Institute (TRI) is dedicated to improving the quality of human life through innovative technology. They are seeking a Robotics Intern to develop and integrate solutions for complex mobile manipulation tasks, focusing on machine learning and real-world applications.
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Responsibilities
Develop, integrate, and deploy algorithms linking perception to autonomous robot actions, including manipulation, navigation, mapping/localization, and human-robot interaction
Invent and deploy innovative solutions at the intersection of machine learning, computer vision, multi-sensor perception, and simulation for understanding human environments and humans
Invent novel ways to generate, build, label, and use large, possibly distributed, datasets using self-supervision, active learning, simulation, synthetic rendering, and real-world adaptation
Qualification
Required
B.S. or M.S. in an engineering-related field
A strong background in inventing and deploying innovative perception algorithms to robotic systems in real-world environments
Experience in areas such as object detection, classification, segmentation, and tracking, sensor fusion, state estimation, local and global 3D mapping and reconstruction, person detection, and human pose estimation
Experience in developing and training deep nets and applying deep learning to perception problems
Strong software engineering skills, preferably in both Python and C++, and analysis and debugging of robotic perception algorithms
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
Benefits
Generous benefits package including vacation and sick time
Company
Toyota Research Institute
Toyota Research Institute is an R&D enterprise with an initial focus on artificial intelligence and robotics.
Founded in 2016
201-500 employees
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