Software Engineer - Dexterity
May be filled[Industry: Robot Manufacturing | Type: Full-time | Level: Entry level] Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Secondly, by building the…
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[Industry: Robot Manufacturing | Type: Full-time | Level: Entry level] Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Secondly, by building the simulation and testing infrastructure that validates end-effectors (COTS and internal designs) while ensuring every movement generates training-ready data for autonomy and reinforcement learning pipelines.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESRetargeting & Mapping AlgorithmsGeneric Dexterity: Implement and refine retargeting algorithms (IK-based, optimization-based, or learned) that can map human hand kinematics to varied robotic configurations.Signal Integrity: Address real-world teleop challenges: jitter reduction, handling sensor dropouts, and implementing safe fallback behaviors.Simulation & Testing InfrastructureEnd-Effector Validation: Build automated workflows in MuJoCo/IsaacSim environments and real-robot testbeds to benchmark hand designs.Performance Metrics: Develop automated scoring for dexterity to inform hardware and software design.Haptics & Tactile IntegrationSensory Loop: Integrate haptic gloves and tactile sensor data into the control loop to provide operators with force-reflective feedback.Data Consumption: Ensure high-bandwidth tactile data is cleanly ingested into the robot state and logged for model training.Advanced Control & RL FrameworksFidelity Improvements: Research and implement control methodologies that improve the transparency...