Robotics Research Internship, Humanoid Manipulation (Summer 2026) | PhD Internship

Tasks

• Analyze experimental results
• Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineers
• Collect and evaluate manipulation data
• Contribute to robotics foundation model data pipelines
• Debug software hardware and learning system issues
• Design manipulation strategies for humanoid robots
• Develop experimental setups and tooling
• Develop loco manipulation systems
• Ensure robustness and reproducibility
• Integrate interfaces with teleoperators and field teams
• Integrate perception planning and control
• Prototype run experiments on hardware
• Translate research into working robotic systems

Perks/Benefits

• N/A

Skills/Tech-stack

C plus plus | Data collection | Experiment design | Imitation Learning | Machine Learning | Perception | Planning | Python | ROS 2 | Reinforcement Learning | Robot Control | Robot Kinematics | Robot dynamics | Robotics