internship:
  start: 2026-05-26
  end: 2026-08-17
  host: Sergey Zakharov
  lab: Toyota Research Institute (Mountain View)
  north_star: >
    YC-pitch-grade demo of PARA on YAMs that demonstrates data efficiency as
    the headline thesis. "Big robotics companies throw 3,000+ demos at the
    problem. We compete with them using ~80."

phases:
  - num: 1
    name: Reproduce on YAMs
    start: 2026-05-26
    end: 2026-06-01
    gate: "PARA cup task working on YAM scene cam, OOD shows expected gap vs ACT"
    color: "#ff6b6b"
  - num: 2
    name: Single-view OOD evidence
    start: 2026-06-02
    end: 2026-06-08
    gate: "Real OOD evidence on scene cam — PARA >= 30pts better than ACT on held-out positions"
    color: "#4ecdc4"
  - num: 3
    name: Backbone experiments
    start: 2026-06-09
    end: 2026-06-15
    gate: "DINO size/family ablation table; head>backbone claim strengthened"
    color: "#ffe66d"
  - num: 4
    name: Lead dexterous task
    start: 2026-06-16
    end: 2026-07-13
    gate: "Headline demo data + train + iterate"
    color: "#95e1d3"
  - num: 5
    name: Teasers + video
    start: 2026-07-14
    end: 2026-07-20
    gate: "Same model also does X; single-take production footage"
    color: "#c8b6e2"
  - num: 6
    name: Paper polish
    start: 2026-07-21
    end: 2026-08-10
    gate: "Camera-ready paper version with YAM results, video edited"
    color: "#f38181"
  - num: 7
    name: Final presentation
    start: 2026-08-11
    end: 2026-08-17
    gate: "TRI internal presentation, final video, handoff doc"
    color: "#aa96da"

goals:
  - title: "15 demos vs 3,000+"
    detail: "Sticky number locked + landing in the slide-1 hook"
  - title: "Clean OOD eval for fig1 V3"
    detail: "Real YAM evidence in object-pos OOD and viewpoint OOD buckets"
  - title: "Lead dexterous task demoed"
    detail: "Cup / desk-organize / cloth — chosen by Jun 8, demoed by mid-July"
  - title: "FidExoskeleton V2 shipped"
    detail: "1-day side deliverable in Week 11"
  - title: "Aug 14: send video to one trusted advisor"
    detail: "The 'would I hire myself at 27' test"
  - title: "Boring consistent routine"
    detail: "6am wake / 10pm bed / 25-min lift / 1500 cal — research-strategic, not separate"

fears:
  - title: "Rushed at the end"
    detail: "Dexterous task eats the slack; paper polish stage feels cramped"
  - title: "Jun 20 family trip with no cool results"
    detail: "Going home next week without something the family can actually see and care about"

milestones:
  - date: 2026-06-20
    label: "Family trip"
    icon: "✈"
  - date: 2026-06-08
    label: "Lead task decision deadline"
    icon: "🎯"
  - date: 2026-08-14
    label: "Hire-yourself test: send video"
    icon: "📤"
  - date: 2026-08-17
    label: "Internship ends"
    icon: "🏁"
