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Toyota Research Institute

Robot type
Robot AI and Software
Location
CambridgeMassachusettsUSA
Job type
Business Operations
Posted
Sep 17, 2026
Full-time

Postdoctoral Researcher, Human Aware Interaction Learning

Job description

At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We’re developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility, we’ve built a world-class team advancing the state of the art in AI, robotics, driving, and material sciences.

Our team at Toyota Research Institute is looking for a motivated and capable postdoc to conduct research on the computational and machine learning aspects of human-robot interaction. Areas of interest include applying foundation models to human-robot interaction, with an emphasis on understanding human-robot collaboration and how it evolves as foundation models become…

Job responsibilities

  • Perform research and publish on relevant topics in appropriate venues. Depending on the exact project outcome, publication target venues include, e.g., ICRA, CVPR, NeurIPS, and HRI.
  • Exploration of both computational and cognitive phenomena, working with a team of researchers to create new approaches for understanding, predicting, and interacting with humans.
  • Work from approach inception and ideation to validation of the developed approaches.

Job requirements

  • Ph.D in related fields (by end date) - ML/AI, robotics, human-centric AI, or computer vision. Some experience with robot systems is needed.
  • Strong publications record in top ML/robotics venues. Specific areas: robot foundation models and their use for human interaction, ML and synthetic data for human-collaborative embodied reasoning,…
  • Coding: Python, experience working in a team on joint scientific projects. Experience training deep learning models in e.g., Pytorch/TensorFlow.
  • An ideal candidate can refine a topic and execute a scientific research plan in collaboration with other researchers.
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