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Toyota Research Institute · 3 hours ago

Robotics Intern - Large Behavior Models

Cambridge, MA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$40/hr - $58/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is on a mission to improve the quality of human life through advancements in AI and robotics. The Robotics Intern will work on building general-purpose machine learning foundation models for dexterous robot manipulation, creating prototypes, and running experiments with robots.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Create working code prototypes

Interact frequently with team members

Run experiments with both simulated and real (physical) robots

Participate in publishing the work to peer-reviewed venues

Qualification

RoboticsMachine LearningPythonC++Hardware ExperienceData AnalysisFast PrototypingResearch PublicationPassion for RoboticsTeam Collaboration

Required

Currently pursuing a degree (Ph.D., M.S.) in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

Publication record at top-tier robotics/ML conferences (RSS, CoRL, ICRA, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV)

Experience with machine learning and familiarity with large datasets and models

Strong software development skills in Python

A “make it happen” attitude and comfort with fast prototyping and running informative experiments

A passion for robotics and doing research grounded in important fundamental problems

Preferred

Hardware experience is strongly preferred, especially toward deploying learned policies on real robotic systems

Experience in C++ is very helpful, but not strictly required

Hands-on experience with using machine learning for learned control, including behavior cloning and/or reinforcement learning, for manipulation

System integration skills, including using state-of-the-art ML tools, databases, etc

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) eligibility

Paid time off benefits (including vacation, sick time, and parental leave)

Annual cash bonus structure

Company

Toyota Research Institute

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Toyota Research Institute is an R&D enterprise with an initial focus on artificial intelligence and robotics.

Founded in 2016

Palo Alto, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.tri.global

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