Research Intern - World-Action Foundation Model, Robotics

Sunnyvale • Intern

Posted 8mo ago

Remote Work Policy

On-site

Employment Type

Intern

Categories

AI Research Engineer

About the job

Applied Intuition is seeking passionate Research Interns to join its Research Group, focused on creating cutting-edge technology for next-generation physical AI, particularly in autonomous driving and robotics. Researchers will leverage industry-leading tools and extensive data to develop and deploy methods into various autonomous and robotic systems. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to impactful research, learn best practices in autonomy and robotics, and work within a fast-paced, customer-focused culture.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct research on pretraining world-action foundation models with various modalities (vision, physics, ego actions) for robot action and simulation world generation.
  • Investigate topics including vision-physics modality association, feed-forward Gaussian splatting, world foundation models, human data incorporation, language modality, spatial reasoning, and deformable object modeling/simulation.
  • Collaborate with Research Scientists and Engineers on high-quality research publications for top-tier conferences.

Requirements

  • Strong research background and skills in relevant topics.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
  • Currently pursuing a PhD or MSc in machine learning, computer vision and graphics, or robotics.
  • Minimum of 1 year of research experience in autonomy, self-driving, or a related field.
  • Passion for next-generation, scalable autonomy and robotics.

About Applied Intuition

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