Internship | Visibility-Aware Counterfactual Motion Planning Using a Learned World Model

About this internship

In this assignment, the student will design a system that uses a vision-based world model to predict whether a robot would be visible to another agent after executing a small movement (e.g., peeking around a corner). From monocular or RGB-D observations, the system should reconstruct approximate 3D scene geometry, estimate the other agent’s pose, and simulate counterfactual robot poses. By performing geometric line-of-sight and field-of-view reasoning from the other agent’s viewpoint, the system will compute a visibility score for candidate movements and select actions that minimize exposure. The project combines scene reconstruction, pose estimation, and visibility-aware planning, and frames safe navigation as a counterfactual reasoning problem over a learned world model.

Your role

You will perform this assignment within TNO’s Intelligent Imaging department. The Intelligent Imaging department is a passionate, creative, and dedicated team of professionals (60 people) specialized in developing groundbreaking applications in the field of computer vision. Our team members have diverse backgrounds, ranging from the medical field to artificial intelligence. Intelligent Imaging is a young and growing department which has built up a lot of expertise over the past years in AI and deep learning.

What we expect from you

You are in the final stages of your master's degree in artificial intelligence, computer science, physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, or a similar degree. Prior experience with computer vision, image analysis, programming (Python), artificial intelligence/deep learning is appreciated.

What you'll get in return

You will, of course, be properly supervised during your work placement and be given the scope for you to get the best out of yourself. Furthermore, we provide:

• A highly professional, innovative internship environment, within a team of top experts.
• A suitable internship allowance (615 euro for wo-, hbo- and mbo-students, for a full-time internship).
• Possibility of eight hours of free leave per internship month (for a full-time internship).
• A free membership of Jong TNO, where you can meet other TNO professionals and join several activities, such as sports activities, (work-related) courses or the yearly ski-trip.
• Use of a laptop.
• An allowance for travel expenses in case you don’t receive an OV-card.

TNO as an employer

At TNO, we innovate for a healthier, safer and more sustainable life. And for a strong economy. There is all the space and support for your talent and ambition. You work with people who will challenge you: who inspire you and want to learn from you. Our state-of-the-art facilities are there to realize your vision. What you do at TNO matters: impact makes the difference. Because with every innovation you contribute to tomorrow’s world.