Micro-Intern: Simulating Robots driven by muscle-like actuators (IAP)

Job Opportunity: MIT micro-internship

Elysium is an early-stage company headquartered in Austin, developing revolutionary low-cost, highly capable robotic systems. Our robots will fulfill labor shortages by automating tedious and repetitive tasks that current robots can't do, and humans don't want to. Our core technology is a proprietary muscle-like actuator that solves a decades-old robotic problem. This has the potential to transform civilization. 

We seek highly driven, well-rounded, curious, and independent contributors to join a world-class team of mavericks at the ground level and revolutionize robotics. 

Job Description: The candidate will assist in:

• Simulating simple robotic systems (fingers, hands, legs) driven by our muscle-like actuators.  This will include: 
  • Selecting a Robotic Simulation Environment and creating a shared environment or container. 
  • Creating a parametric model that predicts the force production of our actuators (vs. length and voltage) and implementing it in said environment.
  • Producing high-level CAD models of robotic systems (a pogo-stick leg, a finger, a hand) driven by our actuators and importing them into the said environment.
  • Developing simple control algorithms to animate said models (i.e., make the leg hop, or run, and the fingers grip some object). 

Required Skills: The candidate should be:

• Capable and experienced in setting up complex software packages within containers or similar distributions. 
• Capable of creating mathematical models to fit data and implementing them in code (Python preferred). 
• Capable of performing CAD work (Fusion preferred) 
• Self-motivated, curious, and efficient with an attitude for improvement.
• Candidates will receive dedicated training on all tasks but are expected to be self-learners.

Scope and Compensation

- Candidate will be engaged as an hourly contractor at $TBD/hour based on experience.

- Initial engagement will be ~30 hours/week, depending on the candidate and workload.

- This is a remote position with flexible hours and days. Elysium will work with candidates to establish a functional and adaptive schedule.

Applications: Interested candidates should contact Rodrigo Alvarez to arrange a call or a visit: rodrigo@elysium-robotics.com, 650-283-4572.