Research Assistant - Robotics Institute
Core
Assist in the development and execution of research projects including experiment design, data collection, analysis, and writing up results for human monitoring and safety evaluation in robotics.
Role type
Research Assistant (Robotics)
Builds
Predictive safety monitoring systems, perception pipelines for physical grounding, and high-fidelity physics simulation/digital twin models for mechatronic devices.
Domain
Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Computer Vision, Physics Simulation
Deliverable
production ML models | research
Required skills
experiment design, data collection, data analysis, record management, library research, field exploration, algorithm implementation, reachability analysis, safety certification methods, object pose estimation, part segmentation, CAD modeling
Preferred skills
multimodal sensing (vision, pose estimation, tactile signals), predictive modeling, task reasoning
Technologies
multimodal sensing, vision, pose estimation, tactile signals, reachability analysis, safety certification methods, physics engines, CAD models
Responsibilities
Collect, record, and manipulate research data; Develop algorithms for monitoring human actions and identifying unsafe states; Test software prototypes; Perform basic data analysis and document results; Conduct library research and field explorations; Build perception pipelines for physical grounding and scene understanding; Develop physics simulation and digital twin models for mechatronic devices.
Seniority
Entry-level, 0-1 years experience