Internship - Physical AI for Dexterous, Contact-Rich Humanoid Manipulation
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories · Internship
Cambridge, Middlesex County
About this opportunity
Job Description Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) is seeking a highly motivated Ph.D. student to develop hybrid learning and control methods for reliable humanoid manipulation in factory automation. The research will combine Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models and World-Action Models (WAMs) with classical motion planning, feedback control, and perception. A central question is how robots should coordinate these components, recognize their limitations, and recover …