PhD Intern: Robotic Disassembly & Vision–Learning Research

merl; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 67,000 - 89,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation stipend

Travel coverage

Charlie Card for local commuting

Health insurance eligibility

Job summary

MERL is seeking an intern to conduct research on robotic disassembly, collaborating with MERL researchers to design and implement novel algorithms and run experiments. Start date and duration are flexible; applicants should provide CV and publications.

The internship offers a stipend and additional benefits, with a focus on advancing robot learning and vision-language models under uncertainty.

Qualifications

• PhD student in a related field with strong background in robot learning or computer vision.
• Proven experience in computer vision, robot learning, or vision-language models.
• Experience with ROS2, Python, and PyTorch.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement novel algorithms for robotic disassembly.
• Conduct experiments to evaluate proposed approaches.
• Disseminate findings through top-tier conferences and publications.

Skills

Computer vision

Robot learning

Vision-language models

Education

PhD student

Tools

ROS2

Python

PyTorch

Job description

MERL is seeking an intern to conduct research on robotic disassembly, collaborating with MERL researchers to design and implement novel algorithms and run experiments. Start date and duration are flexible; applicants should provide CV and publications.

The internship offers a stipend and additional benefits, with a focus on advancing robot learning and vision-language models under uncertainty.