Robotics Intern - Large Behavior Models
Toyota Research InstituteCambridge, Massachusetts
Internship
Posted November 12, 2025
$40 - $58/hr
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Job Description
A research internship focused on developing large-scale machine learning models for dexterous robot manipulation, involving creating prototypes, conducting experiments with robots, and contributing to peer-reviewed publications in areas like vision-language-action models and sim-to-real transfer.
Key Responsibilities
- Create working code prototypes for robot manipulation tasks
- Conduct experiments with simulated and real robots
- Analyze and utilize large-scale datasets of robot demonstration data
- Develop and improve machine learning models for robot policies
- Collaborate with team members and contribute to research publications
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in or recent graduate of a university program related to robotics, machine learning, computer science, or a related field.
- Experience in creating working code prototypes and interacting frequently with team members.
- Ability to run experiments with both simulated and real physical robots.
- Comfortable working with both existing large static datasets and a growing and dynamic corpus of robot data.
- Knowledge of vision-language-action (VLA) models for mobile manipulation.
- Experience with developing and deploying learned policies and complex mobile manipulator embodiments, such as humanoid robots.
- Familiarity with data-efficient and general algorithms for learning robust policies leveraging multiple sensing modalities including proprioception, images, force, and dense tactile sensing.
- Experience in scaling learning approaches to large-scale models trained on diverse sources of data including web-scale text, images, and video.
- Ability to participate in publishing research work to peer-reviewed venues.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in an in-office role in Cambridge, MA.
- Availability for a 12-week summer internship starting in summer 2026, paid at a rate between $40 and $58 per hour depending on experience and other factors.
Benefits & Perks
Paid 12-week summer internship
In-office role in Cambridge, MA
Compensation range of $40 to $58 per hour
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) eligibility
Paid time off including vacation, sick leave, and parental leave
Annual cash bonus
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