A*STAR

(Senior) Research Scientist (Adaptive Robotics and Mechatronics), SIMTech

A*STAR
ResearchSingaporeOnsitePosted 1 week ago

About the role

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Join the Adaptive Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM) group at SIMTech to advance intelligent, adaptive, and embodied robotic systems for next-generation manufacturing. This role involves developing, implementing, and deploying humanoid and multi-arm robotic manipulation systems capable of operating in complex, unstructured, and contact-rich environments at the intersection of perception, motion planning, and full-body control.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop multimodal perception systems for humanoid and multi-arm robots, integrating vision and force/tactile sensing.
  • Implement and deploy learning-based manipulation policies, including vision-language-action models and imitation-learned behaviors.
  • Integrate perception, action models, and planning into real-time execution systems for stable, safe, and precise contact-rich manipulation.
  • Build, test, and refine humanoid and multi-arm robotic prototypes to validate embodied AI pipelines on physical robots.
  • Improve the robustness, repeatability, and task success of robotic systems in industrial and manufacturing environments.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Automation, or related fields.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++ with experience building robotics software systems.
  • Experience with robotics frameworks such as ROS and robot middleware for sensor and controller integration.
  • Familiarity with robot kinematics, motion planning, and sensor calibration for manipulation systems.
  • Exposure to learning-based perception and robotic control (e.g., pose estimation, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or multimodal policy models).