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JOB TITLE
Temporary Robotics Research Engineer

LOCATION
Worcester

DEPARTMENT NAME
Robotics Engineering - JM

DIVISION NAME
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
WPI is seeking to fill a temporary position of Robotics Research Engineer to set up a modular pick-generation pipeline that operates directly on the overhead RGB-D camera available in the lab. The input to your pipeline will be an RGB-D image, and the output should be a 3D pick location (x, y, z) relative to the robot's coordinate frame. You can assume that the scene contains objects from the YCB dataset.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The currently implemented approach works as follows:

• First, a segmentation model such as LangSAM is used to extract object masks from the RGB-D image.
• These masks are then passed to a grasping model (e.g., AnyGrasp) which estimates a 6D grasp pose for each detected object.
• You should extract and output the x, y, z, and theta for the highest-confidence grasp and visualize it on the input image.

FLSA STATUS
United States of America (Non-Exempt)

WPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability. It seeks individuals from all backgrounds and experiences who will contribute to a culture of creativity, collaboration, inclusion, problem solving, innovation, high performance, and change making. It is committed to maintaining a campus environment free of harassment and discrimination.

To apply, visit: https://wpi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WPI_External_Career_Site/job/Worcester/Temporary-Robotics-Research-Engineer_R0003277

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