Collaborating with RLL@BCAI

The Robot Learning Lab (RLL) at the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI) is an industrial lab in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. We work at the intersection of Robot Learning, Multimodal Machine Learning, Embodied AI, and Generative AI. We seek to tackle challenging robotics and automation problems that have large-scale industrial impact, formulating such industrial problems as important scientific investigations — leveraging open-source models, methods, benchmarks, and simulators — with the ultimate goal of deploying robust systems to the real world, to augment or work alongside humans and other agents.

We are dual-affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU); we are closely associated with the Bot Intelligence Group (BIG Lab) in the Robotics Institute, we lead the Robotics/AI research track in the Carnegie Bosch Institute, and we are members of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on Human Augmentation via Dexterity (NSF ERC HAND).

We are always on the lookout for talented and insightful collaborators.

Prospective PhD student collaborators

Prospective Carnegie Mellon University PhD students are encouraged to apply to related programs in the School of Computer Science, in particular, the Doctoral Program in Robotics. After you have been admitted, please send Jon your full CV, transcript(s), description of your most relevant research projects, and an explanation of why you are interested in the RLL.

Current Carnegie Mellon University PhD students are encouraged to reach out to Jon directly, including your full CV, transcript(s), and description of your most relevant research projects.

Mature PhD students interested in 'Robot Learning Research Internship' positions at BCAI should review the typical job description then reach out to Jon directly, including your full CV and description of your most relevant research projects.

Prospective Postdoc collaborators

Mature PhD students and postdocs interested in postdoc positions at CMU should reach out to Jon directly then apply to the CBI Postdoc Fellowship program.