Research Internship, Robotics

Who You Are:

Ai2 is seeking passionate, early-career researchers to join us for an internship. PhD graduate students in AI-related fields are invited to apply for full-time research internships with us year-round. Our research covers the full spectrum of robotics ranging from low-level control, scaling simulation to solve real-world robotics challenges, world models, RL, and investigating agentic systems for robotics. We are looking for applicants that are experienced and passionate about a particular aspect of robotics.

International candidates are welcome to apply. Pay is competitive, and visa sponsorship is available.

Ai2 Research Internship Information:

• Duration
  : 12 weeks
• Start Date
  :
  Flexible
• Candidates
  : A PhD student with a strong research background

Who We Are:

Ai2’s Robotics team is looking for PhD student interns to join our team.

As a research intern in the Robotics team, you’ll have the unique opportunity to support the development and investigate core research problems in foundation models and skills for robotics, contribute to the development of completely open data sets, benchmarks, and models, and experiment with robots in the real world.

At Ai2, you will be working with world-class AI researchers and talented software engineers. We perform team-based, ambitious research, with a mandate to strive for big breakthroughs, not just incremental progress, in an exciting and interactive workplace.

All interns are paired with a mentor and will participate directly in Ai2's groundbreaking work. There are no restrictions on publications based on internships.

Ai2 Research Interns will have the opportunity to do the following tasks:

• Conducting AI research under the guidance of a mentor, which may include building AI systems or system components, developing datasets, and/or conducting experiments.
• Reading the scientific literature to investigate and understand AI research.
• Meeting with the mentor to discuss research progress and ideas.

To see more about our current, future, and past interns at Ai2, check out the internship page on our website!

What You’ll Need:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Pursuing a PhD in robotics, machine learning, or related fields.
• Have an interest and experience in cutting-edge artificial intelligence and robotics research.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record of publishing at robotics and AI conferences, such as CoRL, ICRA, IROS, RSS, and Neurips.
• Strong software engineering skills in physics simulation, machine learning, and robot control.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• The ability to observe details at close range.

A Little More About Ai2:

Ai2 is a Seattle based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Our mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world’s biggest problems. We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world impact…