Internship in Motion Generation for Agricultural Robotics (f/m/x)

ZEISS Group; Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen; On-site; EUR 7,800 - 12,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS Group at the Innovation Hub@KIT invites you to join the AgTech team to work on mobile robots in high-end greenhouses and rethink agriculture with intelligent automation.

As a master's student in robotics or related fields, you will implement motion planning, develop code pipelines, and test on real hardware. Excellent English is required; German is a plus, and you will collaborate with an interdisciplinary, international team.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Data Science or related field
• Good foundation in robotics, kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, control theory, optimization, or machine learning
• Good coding skills with C++ and Python
• Hands-on experience with tools like ROS 2, Pinocchio, Drake, MoveIt, Tesseract, ros2_control or LeRobot is a plus
• High motivation and openness to learn new skills
• Ability to work well in an interdisciplinary, international team
• Excellent command of English; German skills are an asset but not required

Responsibilities

• Implement and evaluate state-of-the-art motion planning and control approaches for highly unstructured environments
• Develop, refactor and maintain motion generation pipelines building blocks in a large robotics codebase
• Test approaches on real hardware in greenhouses

Skills

Robotics

C++

Python

ROS 2

Motion planning

Team collaboration

Education

Pursuing a Master’s degree in Robotics or related field

Tools

Pinocchio

Drake

MoveIt

Tesseract

ros2_control

LeRobot

Job description

Turning today’s research into tomorrow’s applications – together.

At ZEISS, we focus on user-centric innovation to transform ideas into cutting-edge solutions. At the ZEISS Innovation Hub@KIT, we foster collaboration between students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and ZEISS employees to drive technological advancements.

You don’t just want to learn robotics in lectures – you want to see itworking on real robots in real greenhouses? In our newly establishedAgTech team, you will work on mobile robots operating in high-end greenhouses and help us rethink agriculture through intelligent automation. This internship gives you the opportunity to join astrategic initiativeat ZEISS that aims torevolutionize labor automation in agricultureusing cutting-edge robotic systems.

Your Role

• Implement and evaluate state-of-the-art motion planning and control approaches for highly unstructured environments

• Develop, refactor and maintain motion generation pipelines building blocks in a large robotics codebase

• Test approaches on real hardware in greenhouses

Your Profile

• Pursuing a Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Data Science or related field

• Good foundation in robotics, kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, control theory, optimization, or machine learning

• Good coding skills with C++ and Python

• Hands-on experience with tools like ROS 2, Pinocchio, Drake, MoveIt, Tesseract, ros2_control or LeRobot is a plus

• High motivation and openness to learn new skills

• Ability to work well in an interdisciplinary, international team

• Excellent command of English; German skills are an asset but not required

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Selina Safradin