Yondu is creating the robotic workforce of the future starting with logistics automation. We're deploying humanoid robots in the first flexible, drop-in picking automation solution designed for 3PLs. Our approach is building robot foundation models to enable off the shelf robots to do these tasks autonomously. To train these models, we're building our own teleoperation system in house. Finally, there's a whole stack of classical robotics and integration work to make our systems work in the real world . Learning constantly and keeping up with SOTA research is one of the pillars of our company's culture. The company was founded by MIT students and has raised seed funding after graduating from the YC W24 batch. Join us in shaping the way the world works.

We are looking for a robotics generalist who is eager to take on any task that arises. This includes but is not limited to:

- Developing perception algorithms for tasks such as few shot object detection and scene recognition.

- Building out the navigation stack which includes multimodal (LiDAR, RGBD, IMU, landmark) SLAM implementations for effective navigation and path planning in structured environments with dynamic obstacles

- Creating data collection and training pipelines for deep learning models to assist in manipulation tasks such as picking, placing, and scanning inventory items.

- Guiding and educating your team members in areas you see fit!

As for experience, we don't have any strict requirement on degree but more experience and eagerness with working on difficult problems in robotics is always nice! We will be developing out of our office and a 3PL warehouse in the city of Gardena in LA County starting January next year so we'll require you be in the area.

Our approach is building robot foundation models to enable off the shelf robots to do these tasks autonomously. To train these models, we're building our own teleoperation system in house. Finally, there's a whole stack of classical robotics and integration work to make our systems work in the real world . Learning constantly and keeping up with SOTA research is one of the pillars of our company's culture.