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Toyota Research Institute · 3 hours ago

Robotics Intern - Mobile Manipulation, Learned Policies

Los Altos, CA

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

$45/hr - $65/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is on a mission to improve the quality of human life through advanced AI and robotics. The Robotics Intern will develop and integrate solutions for mobile manipulation tasks, working alongside a team focused on leveraging machine learning to enhance robot behaviors in real-world scenarios.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop and integrate VLAs or VAMs (Vision-Action models) linking perception to autonomous robot actions involving complex manipulation and/or navigation

Invent and deploy innovative solutions combining VLAs with classic optimization-based planners to enhance the robustness of robot behaviors

Collect, clean, and visualize a variety of data from robot mobile manipulation tasks

Gain a deeper understanding of the failure modes and bottlenecks in state-of-the-art robot foundation models

Qualification

Robotic perceptionPytorchDeep neural networksPythonC++Large-scale modelsRobot planningManipulationWillingness to learnCommunication skillsTeam player

Required

Currently pursuing a M.S. or P.h.D. in an engineering-related field

A strong background in connecting robotic perception with robot actions in the real world

Experience with Pytorch and developing/training deep neural networks

Strong software engineering skills, preferably in both Python and C++

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

Preferred

Experience scaling learning approaches to large-scale models trained on diverse sources of data, including web-scale text, images, and video

Deep experience in one of the following areas: VLAs, RL, manipulation, and robot planning

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off benefits (including holiday pay and sick time)

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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