Robotics Intern - Large Behavior Models, Generalizable 3D Representations (G3R)
Toyota Research InstituteLos Altos, California
Internship
Posted September 19, 2025
$45 - $65/hr
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Job Description
A research internship focused on developing and validating advanced 3D perception and representation learning methods for robotics, working with large-scale multimodal datasets to enable robots to understand and interact with diverse environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to propose, conduct, and transfer pioneering research at the intersection of Computer Vision, Graphics, and Robotics.
- Work with large-scale 2D, 3D, and multimodal datasets to develop and train new representation learning methods.
- Validate research ideas in both simulation and physical robotic systems.
- Advance core 3D perception and representation learning methods to enable robots to understand, reconstruct, and interact with diverse environments.
Requirements
- Must be a Research Intern for Summer 2026, participating in a paid 12-week internship.
- Must be able to work in a hybrid in-office role during the internship period.
- Must collaborate with a multidisciplinary team proposing, conducting, and transferring pioneering research at the intersection of Computer Vision, Graphics, and Robotics.
- Must work with large-scale 2D, 3D, and multimodal datasets.
- Must design and train new representation learning methods.
- Must validate ideas in both simulation and physical robotic systems.
- Must aim toward high-impact research publications and contributions to TRI's mission of enabling robots that can seamlessly perceive and adapt to the real world.
- Must have the ability to understand, reconstruct, and interact with the world across diverse environments and sensor modalities.
- Must have experience or knowledge in core 3D perception and representation learning methods, including 3D Foundation Models, Generative Modeling for 3D 4D, Scene and Object Reconstruction, Multi-Modal Policy Learning, and Embodied World Modeling.
- Must be pursuing or have completed a degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Robotics, Computer Vision, Graphics, or related disciplines.
- Must submit a CV that includes a full list of publications and a link to Google Scholar.
- Must be able to work within the pay range of $45 to $65 per hour, depending on individual factors such as knowledge, skills, experience, and organizational needs.
- Must be eligible to participate in a paid internship program and meet the legal requirements for employment in the respective location.
Benefits & Perks
Paid 12-week summer internship
Hybrid in-office role
Compensation range of $45 to $65 per hour (California-based roles)
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid time off including holiday pay and sick time
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