MERL is seeking highly motivated and qualified interns to collaborate on the implementation and experimental validation of algorithms for path/motion planning and optimization-based tracking control in autonomous vehicles. An ideal candidate should have experience in path planning and/or model predictive control (MPC) for autonomous vehicles, and the candidate should be familiar with Matlab and Simulink. Any experience with dSPACE (e.g., MicroAutoBox) or C/C++ code generation is a plus. Both MS and PhD students are welcome to apply. Start date for this internship is as soon as possible, and the expected duration is about 3 months. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated intern to collaborate in the development and experimental validation of control and motion planning methods in various robotic testbeds (quadrotors and mini-cars) at MERL. The ideal candidate is enrolled in a Masters/PhD program in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science or related program, with prior experience in motion planning, control, machine learning and their application in mobile robots, including experimental validation. The successful candidate is proficient in ROS, C/C++ and Python, and at least familiar with MATLAB. The expected duration of the internship is at least 3 months with possible extensions and with a flexible start date in the Fall 2021. This internship requires work that can only be done at MERL.

MERL is seeking a highly motivated intern to research multi-agent motion planning by combining optimization-based methods with machine learning. The ideal candidate is enrolled in a PhD program in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science or related program, with prior experience in multi-agent motion planning, machine learning (especially supervised, reinforcement, and safe ML), and convex and non-convex optimization. A successful internship will result in innovative methods for multiagent planning, in the development of well-documented (Python/MATLAB) code for validating the proposed methods, and in the submission of relevant results for publication in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journals. The expected duration of the internship is 3 months with a flexible start date in the Spring/Summer 2021. This internship is preferred to be onsite at MERL, but may be done remotely where you live if the COVID pandemic makes it necessary.