Toyota¡¯s research unit and Hyundai Motor¡¯s Boston Dynamics are joining forces to speed up development of humanoid robots with artificial intelligence.
The partnership will pair Toyota Research Institute¡¯s expertise in large behavior model learning for machines with Boston Dynamics¡¯ humanoid Atlas robot, they said Wednesday. Boston-based teams from TRI and Boston Dynamics will conduct research on use cases for AI-trained robots in areas such as human-robot interaction, they said.
Toyota has said it¡¯s made a breakthrough with AI in teaching robots to learn and Boston Dynamics, which was bought by Hyundai in 2020, has had commercial success with its robotic guard dog and a mobile robotic arm for re-stocking warehouses. Their collaboration comes as a potential challenge to other smart bot programs such as the Optimus robot showcased last week by rival Tesla. A number of humanoid robot startups also are attracting attention ¡ª and billions of dollars in capital.
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