Postdoc in Robotics & Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)

Inria, the French national research institute for the digital sciences; France; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Partial reimbursement of public travel

Annual leave 7 weeks + 10 RTT days

Teleworking after 6 months

Flexible working hours

Professional equipment provided

Social, cultural and sports events

Job summary

Inria, the French national research institute for the digital sciences, invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in robotics and AI. The role focuses on natural language and foundation models to enable safe, collaborative human-robot interaction across diverse robots and environments.

The successful candidate will contribute to the HUCEBOT team, work closely with PhD students and engineers, and participate in the ENACT Cluster-AI project activities, with emphasis on safety, planning

Qualifications

• Ideal candidates have significant research experience in AI and robotics.
• Publications at top robotics/AI venues are desirable.
• Experience with real robots and HRI is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Implement, test and develop novel algorithms for real robots using language models.
• Write papers and present at conferences.
• Document and validate software; conduct mandatory experiments with real robots.
• Supervise team engineers and PhD students; participate in ENACT activities.

Skills

Python

Pytorch

LLMs

VLMs

Robotics

Education

PhD in AI/Robotics

Tools

Foundation Models

LLMs

Job description

Inria, the French national research institute for the digital sciences, invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in robotics and AI. The role focuses on natural language and foundation models to enable safe, collaborative human-robot interaction across diverse robots and environments.

The successful candidate will contribute to the HUCEBOT team, work closely with PhD students and engineers, and participate in the ENACT Cluster-AI project activities, with emphasis on safety, planning