Physical Interaction and Telemanipulation - Honda Research Institute USA

Physical Interaction and Telemanipulation

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Physical Interaction and Telemanipulation

Job Number: P24INT-23
This internship focuses on researching, developing, implementing, and validating advanced control methods to ensure safe and intuitive physical interactions between robots and their environment in a bilateral teleoperation setup.
San Jose, CA

 

Key Responsibilities

 
  • Research, conceptualize, implement and validate novel model-based robot behaviors with safety guarantees for robotic arms and hands physically interacting with their environments.
  • Develop reliable software to enhance the capabilities of the bilateral teleoperation system.
  • Conduct teleoperated physical interaction experiments, and collect and analyze data.
  • Publish research results at top-tier robotics conferences or journals. 

 

Minimum Qualifications

 
  • Ph.D. or highly qualified M.S. candidate in robotics, mechanical engineering, computer science, or a related field
  • Strong understanding of 3D robot kinematics and dynamics.
  • Hands-on experience with real-time control algorithm implementation on robotic systems.
  • Excellent programming skills in C++ and strong familiarity with ROS.

 

Bonus Qualifications

 
  • Experience in interaction force control.
  • Experience in bimanual manipulation or whole-body control.
  • Experience in real-time constraint handling and numerical optimization.
  • Experience in motion planning.

 
Years of Work Experience Required  0
Desired Start Date 5/19/2025
Internship Duration 3 Months
Position Keywords Teleoperation, Control, Physical Interaction

 

 
 

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