Research post-training methods that adapt pretrained generalist robot policies to new tasks and environments, using rigorous simulation and robotic experiments to improve reliable real-world performance.
Robotics Intern, Human-Machine Interaction Research
📜 Description
- Prototype integrated interactions between people and quadruped robots to study teamwork and collaboration.
- Develop, train, and evaluate models for human behavior, robot decision-making, and adaptive interaction.
- Deploy learned models and policies on physical robots and assess effectiveness, robustness, and real-time performance.
- Design and conduct user studies on mental model creation and multimodal cues in human-robot interaction.
- Collect and analyze human participant data and communicate findings through presentations, reports, and potential research submissions.
- Collaborate with research scientists and engineers across disciplines.
🛠️ Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Cognitive Science, Robotics, Machine Learning or a related field.
- Experience integrating hardware and software for real-time interactive robotic systems (e.g., Python, C++, ROS2).
- Familiarity with human-robot interaction (HRI), data-driven behavioral modeling, machine learning, or studying collaborative teamwork dynamics.
- Familiarity with experimental design and data collection involving human participants.
- Ability to work independently, iterate quickly, and communicate results clearly.
✨ Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off, including holiday pay and sick time
Full job description
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 advancing the state of the art in AI, robotics, driving, and material sciences.
This is a paid 12-week internship opportunity and is a hybrid, in-office role.
Here’s a glimpse into the Internship experience from some of our TRI interns!
The Mission
Our team works to understand how people interact with intelligent systems and develops human-machine interfaces that enable individuals to work seamlessly with AI, particularly in physically interactive settings. We aim to create technologies that enhance human capability and allow humans and AI to operate in harmony across a wide range of real-world contexts.
The Team
In the Human-Machine Interaction Research group (HMIR), we design, develop and evaluate novel interfaces to improve the safety, well-being, and task performance of people using human-centered artificial intelligence.
The Internship
As a summer research intern, you will develop and evaluate interactions with quadruped robots. Responsibilities include prototyping integrated systems, collecting and analyzing human participant data, building models of interaction logic, conducting user studies to evaluate system effectiveness in the tasks, developing robot policies that adapt to people, and deploying and evaluating these approaches on robot hardware.
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