Robotics Intern, Human-Machine Interaction Research

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Design and develop prototypes that enable embodied AI agents to support people collaborating on physical tasks.
• Leverage multimodal AI to understand human activities, task progress, and collaborative interactions.
• Develop and evaluate interaction strategies that enable embodied AI agents to adapt their assistance to different contexts and collaborative situations.
• Integrate AI models and interaction logic with robotic hardware to enable real-time human-robot interaction.
• Design and conduct user studies to investigate how AI assistance influences human collaboration, task performance, and user experience.
• Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate system effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of research scientists and engineers across Toyota Research Institute.
• Communicate research findings through presentations and written reports, including potential submissions to leading international research venues.

Job requirements

• Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Robotics, Machine Learning, Cognitive Science, or a related field.
• Experience developing and prototyping interactive or embodied AI systems, such as interactive robots, multimodal assistants, or conversational agents.
• Familiarity with human-robot interaction (HRI), human-AI interaction, or human behavior modeling.
• Experience with experimental design, user studies, and quantitative or qualitative data analysis.
• Ability to work independently, iterate quickly, and communicate research findings clearly.