# Robotics Intern, Human-Machine Interaction Research at Toyota Research Institute

- Company: Toyota Research Institute
- What the company does: Toyota Ventures is Toyota’s first standalone early-stage venture capital firm.
- Company website: https://toyota.ventures
- Type: VC firms
- Level: Internship
- Location: Los Altos, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/tri/16336213-1880-482f-87d0-b15fa4141047?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
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## About the role

As a summer research intern, you will develop and evaluate interactions with quadruped robots. Responsibilities include prototyping integrated systems, collecting and analyzing human participant data, building models of interaction logic, conducting user studies to evaluate system effectiveness in the tasks, developing robot policies that adapt to people, and deploying and evaluating these approaches on robot hardware. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Robotics, Machine Learning, Cognitive Science, or a related field
- Experience developing and prototyping interactive or embodied AI systems, such as interactive robots, multimodal assistants, or conversational agents
- Familiarity with human-robot interaction (HRI), human-AI interaction, or human behavior modeling
- Experience with experimental design, user studies, and quantitative or qualitative data analysis
- Ability to work independently, iterate quickly, and communicate research findings clearly

Tags: Internships - Summer 2027

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