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AI Robotics Researcher Intern (Dexterous Manipulation)

San Jose-US💼 Internship💰 $38–$38🗓 2026-04-24 → 2026-07-31

Core

Researching dexterous manipulation for robots using large-scale foundation models and human data-based learning to enable physical world intelligence.

Role type

AI Robotics Research Intern (Dexterous Manipulation)

Builds

Robust pipelines for converting human multi-modal data into actionable robot motor skills and sim-to-real validation of dexterous manipulation policies.

Domain

Embodied AI, Dexterous Manipulation, Human-Robot Interaction

Deliverable

production ML models | research

Required skills

Robot learning and control, Reinforcement learning, Imitation learning, Generative models, Transformer architectures, Robotic manipulation systems, Python, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, ROS/ROS2, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, PyBullet

Preferred skills

Dexterous manipulation, Multi-finger robotic hands, Sim-to-real transfer, Contact modeling, Tactile sensing, 3D perception, Reinforcement learning in continuous control, Top-tier conference publications

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, ROS, ROS2, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, PyBullet

Responsibilities

Develop frameworks for transferring human-object interaction skills to robots, Architect autonomous pipelines for processing visual and human glove-collected data, Implement generative architectures for synthesizing robot trajectories, Explore cross-embodiment representations for unified policy training, Research sim-to-real deployment techniques, Utilize vision-language models for semantic scene understanding

Seniority

Intern, research execution

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