Robot Puppeteer

About Tuesday

Tuesday Labs builds delightful robots. We are driven by a desire to make everyday life easier and more fun with cutting-edge robotics. If you love watching robot dance routines, building worlds in video games, and tinkering with hardware, you should come work at the Lab.

We are engineers, researchers, and builders who love living among our creations. Our mission is to make every day delightful.

The Role

We are seeking passionate and clever performing artists to operate our robots as we test the personality, interactions, and behaviors of our robot character.

You will draw on your experience as an actor or puppeteer to embody the different characters that we have created for the robot as we test these characters with users. Using an AR headset, you will operate the robot, performing household tasks and interacting with users in test environments.

Responsibilities:

• Operate the robot using a VR headset to interact with humans. This will include speaking into a microphone, controlling gaze, controlling emotive body movement, and executing house cleaning tasks.

• Test out new hardware and software, and provide feedback to the design and engineering teams.

• Generate new ideas for robot character traits based on user tests.

Required Qualifications:

• You have been paid for acting or puppeteering (or similar) work in the last 2 years.

• Ability to communicate clearly and promptly.

• Ability to work in New York City, most often in Flatiron.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience playing video games – this will help you be able to pick up the robot controls more quickly :)

About You:

• You love robots!

• You’re punctual and reliable; we’ll never worry about you showing up.

• You’re detail oriented, opinionated, and a team player.

• Available 15-20 hours per week including some nights and weekends

What Tuesday Offers:

• Freedom to play and experiment with our custom hardware.

• The chance to work alongside people with deep expertise who love a challenge and are excited about building a delightful future.

• The opportunity to contribute to a piece of technology that will soon be in all of our homes. Your success will make the difference between a delightful home cleaning companion and a dysfunctional boondoggle.