Embodied AI Research Scientist

A*STAR Research Entities (A*STAR); Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cognitive and Human-like AI group at the Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing, A*STAR, Singapore invites applications to conduct R&D in Embodied Artificial Intelligence (EAI) to enable robots to work with humans as peer-like co-workers.

You will contribute to research in human-robot interaction, design EAI algorithms, and develop, test and integrate HRI modules for real-world robotics applications in manufacturing, trade and connectivity.

Qualifications

• PhD in Robotics or related field (e.g., Computer Vision, ML, Cognitive Science)
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++ are essential
• Experience with ROS, Linux and/or other robotic middleware is advantageous
• Experience in dataset curation and fine-tuning Vision-Language-Action (VLA) or Vision-Language Models (VLM) for robotics is advantageous
• Prior work in 3D vision, spatial reasoning, human-robot interaction, and task/space representation is beneficial
• Good communication skills and team collaboration

Responsibilities

• Research in human-robot interaction involving multimodal perception, understanding, world representation, decision making, learning and behaviour
• Design EAI algorithms for safe, fluid collaboration between humans and robots in shared workspaces
• Develop, test and integrate HRI modules for various real-world robotics applications
• Collaborate with researchers on scientific writing, algorithm development, and deployment of intelligence systems

Skills

Python

C++

ROS

Linux

Dataset curation

Fine-tuning VLA

Vision-Language Models

3D vision

Spatial reasoning

Human-robot interaction

Education

PhD in Robotics or related field

Tools

ROS

Linux

Job description

The Cognitive and Human-like AI group at the Institute of Advanced Intelligence and Computing, A*STAR, Singapore invites applications to conduct R&D in Embodied Artificial Intelligence (EAI) to enable robots to work with humans as peer-like co-workers.

You will contribute to research in human-robot interaction, design EAI algorithms, and develop, test and integrate HRI modules for real-world robotics applications in manufacturing, trade and connectivity.