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We help young professionals grow their career in robotics and physical AI. If you don’t have a job or want a higher salary, let us train you how to work in elite companies.
The top 5% of our interns get accepted at world-class companies. Verify by searching on LinkedIn who worked at Void Robotics.
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Although you don’t have to be in the F1 program to join this mentorship, the majority of our interns are F1 students from India, and we have worked with over 200 students. You may be interested in stopping your 90-day OPT clock while you adjust to a new city, learn industry-relevant skills, and apply to jobs. You may want to fully utilize your 12 month OPT period to become competitive in the job market. We provide an efficient way to meet these goals through the E-verify Program and FLSA. We allow any citizenship status, including internationals and OPT, but not CPT or OPT STEM Extension. Many college academic advisors signed off on our program. For further questions, see our FAQ below.
Students often ask me to mentor them on a monthly basis, but I don’t have the ability to mentor hundreds for free! By signing up for this program, you may contact me for any career or life-related question or advice forever for free. While some have the ability to succeed in their career without a mentor, most need one to make their career the best they can be. Many also claim to need help at their job, as startups usually choose entry-level F1s as the first to get laid off. If you choose to stay in the program, you can send us any technical questions you have at your full-time job, and we’ll help you solve the hardest ones.
(Note these are for our previous unpaid internships, which is similar to the current program.) 95% of our interns tell us they love their time here, and even 50% of them extend their internships. Two of our best interns are now working at Meta. Many say there are few other opportunities to learn complex robotics without having the necessary experience. View some of our unrequested testimonials: Manan Malpani and Ahmad Serhal. We also receive many organic referrals, the best type of reviews! About 100 college students reach out to us each year with about 1000/yr website views.
Discounts: For each student you help bring into this program, you’ll get 1 month for free.
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Video Meetings with $250K/yr CEO
Daily Technical Guidance
Might get fired for asking too many questions
Career Path Guidance
Meet F1 Requirements
Sometimes
Mindset Coaching
(Anxiety, Communication, Problem-solving)
No Minimum Time Requirement
No Required Relocation/Rent
Usually required
Apply to Other Jobs during Internship
Resume Critiquing
Mock Interviews
Assistance at Full-time Job
List of 50+ Companies that Hire Robotics OPT Students
Is it legal for this internship to stop the F1 OPT 90-day timer?
Yes; in fact, our agreement is modeled after other companies. For example, RND4Impact is a company that charges $750 + $500/mon to participate, which can stop the OPT clock. According to the F1 program, so long as you spend 20 hrs/wk working in our internship, it does not matter if the volunteer opportunity has a fee. Also, many robotic internships border on being illegal because they replace entry-level roles with paid internships, and the Trump administration is cracking down on illegal work. Our program is exactly what the US Dept. of Labor intended for unpaid internships: no promise of compensation, hands-on training, tied to formal education (OPT), accommodating academic commitments, duration is limited to learning, does not displace employees, and no entitlement to a paid job.
Will I receive degree credit through the CPT program?
Yes, we have worked with many other CPT students who have received course credit. After you fill out our application and pay for the program, we will send you a signed Void Robotics offer letter and sign your college’s CPT application form. Although we’ve never had to do this, if your CPT application is rejected, we will immediately refund you the entire payment amount.
Can I put an earlier start date of this internship, due to my 90-day OPT timer?
No, we do not recommend doing anything illegal or anything that would jeopardize your F1 status. You can put a start date of tomorrow (excluding weekends) if you sign up. We understand you are running out of time. That’s why we optimize your learning towards your desired career.
Why are you teaching people if you can earn so much money?
I‘ve heard I can join a consultancy to meet OPT requirements. Isn’t that better?
No. We’ve heard that many students who join a consultancy to meet OPT requirements are having their OPT STEM extension application rejected. Almost all who join consultancies like this go back to their home country (usually India), because a consultancy usually won’t give you any work to do. The government wants you to learn valuable skills, not cheat the system by doing nothing. The government will ask for proof of what you did, and we provide that here with daily standup updates.
Why does this internship have a cost?
Our program offers considerably more than an average internship:
Can the cost be reduced for me? I don’t have a lot of money.
We understand your dilemma well, trying to earn money but can’t find a job. Think of this as an extension to your schooling. If you believe a Bachelor or Master’s degree was worth tens of thousands of dollars and 4-6 years, we believe that spending hundreds of dollars for a few months of specialized training is far more impactful in getting you the job of your dreams with a high wage. We used to train people for free, but it’s simply not sustainable for us.
Can this internship be paid?
No. We can’t hire you as an employee because we can’t pay a minimum wage to unproven, young talent. We can’t hire you as a 1099 contractor because then we can’t train you. We would only be allowed to give you work to finish, and most entry-level engineers can’t finish our work.
What is the time commitment?
We recommend 40 hours/wk, but you may choose your own hours. You must work at least 20 hrs/wk on the internship to meet OPT requirements. Unlike most internships, you may leave whenever you want, although we generally recommend 3 months.
Is there any reasons why I’d be removed from this internship?
Yes. By law, we are not allowed to keep someone in this internship who is not working, even if you are paying us. If we do not hear from you at the frequency that we ask for, you may be asked to leave. Even if you are not officially a part of the F1 program, we only wish to keep students who follow our advice. Some interns struggle with this; and with them, we work through any psychological reasons why they may say they will work but actually don’t. But if you simply want the title without doing the work, we will either remove you from the program or pause it until you can follow through with your commitments.
Aren’t paid internships better for my career development?
They usually aren’t. Having worked in dozens of robotic companies, we saw how most paid internships give basic work. This makes sense too: if you are a CEO, why would you risk useful and difficult research work to unproven talent? If a CEO was trying to raise millions in a seed round, is it wise to give critical tasks to an unproven intern? It makes more sense to give them routine, dull work, to free time for the senior-level engineers. This work will stunt your career, compared to the thousands who are getting unpaid internships. We’ve noticed that unpaid internships tend to be from small companies that don’t have as much funding, so they are willing to give you the most difficult and useful work for your career. We take it a step further with our internship with a cost, and give you work that is especially designed to optimize your career. We find a few companies that you want to work at, and create projects that will impress them far more than a paid internship could because you now have the exact skills they are looking for.
What benefits does this program have over a traditional degree?
Do you know of any other employment programs?
Another great employment program is by Liz’s Learn Robotics program, which I highly recommend. While we focus on students, especially those on their F1 Visa, she focuses on engineers in industry looking to grow their career. We have an affiliate partnership with them because we believe in their teaching style, which is similar to ours. Learn more…
Do you have any examples of what past interns worked on?
Will companies trust Void Robotics over another more established company?
Yes, because Walmart, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla all trusted Void Robotics enough to hire our past interns. As all the best companies understand, the place an intern worked doesn’t matter: it’s what he learned. We optimize learning far more than what funded startups can offer because they can only give you work that they need, not work that top companies are looking for.
