Robotics Intern - Large Behavior Models
Toyota Research InstituteCambridge, Massachusetts
Internship
Posted November 12, 2025
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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 advancements in AI-driven robotic behaviors in unstructured environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Create working code prototypes for robot manipulation tasks.
- Conduct experiments with simulated and real robots to test policies.
- Interact with team members to develop and refine machine learning models.
- Participate in publishing research findings to peer-reviewed venues.
- Work with large static datasets and dynamic robot data to develop robust policies.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in or recent graduate of a relevant degree program in fields such as robotics, computer science, electrical engineering, or related disciplines.
- Experience 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 data-efficient and general algorithms for learning robust policies leveraging multiple sensing modalities including proprioception, images, force, and dense tactile sensing.
- Experience scaling learning approaches to large-scale models trained on diverse sources of data including web-scale text, images, and video.
- Ability to quickly and efficiently improve learned policies.
- Experience developing and deploying learned policies and complex mobile manipulator embodiments, such as humanoid robots.
- Proficiency in programming and creating code prototypes relevant to robotics and machine learning applications.
- Ability to participate in publishing work to peer-reviewed venues.
Benefits & Perks
Paid 12-week summer internship
In-office role in Cambridge, MA
Compensation range between $40 and $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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