More developments for the Toyota Research Institute (TRI). The brand has recently announced a series of new hires that will drive research into artificial intelligence (AI) and robots. The institute’s CEO, Gill Pratt took the time to introduce the technical team at a press conference held at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show.
The technical team hails from various organisations, corporations and institutes such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Google Robotics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Olin College of Engineering as well as Toyota Motor Corporation.
Said team (and their respective positions at TRI) comprises of Eric Krotkov (COO), Larry Jackel (machine learning), James Kuffner (cloud computing), John Leonard (autonomous driving), Hiroshi Okajima (executive liaison officer), Brian Storey (accelerating scientific discovery) and Russ Tedrake (simulation and control).
As for the advisory board, John Roos, former CEO of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati and former US ambassador to Japan, will act as chairman. Rodney Brooks, former director of MIT computer science and AI laboratory and founder of iRobot and CTO of Rethink Robotics, will act as the deputy chairman.
Other members on the board include Richard Danzig, former US Navy secretary, Bran Farren, former president of R&D at Walt Disney Imagineering and CCO of Applied Minds, Fei Fei Li, director of Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) and Daniela Rus, current director of MIT’s computer science and AI lab.
Previously announced back in November 2015, Toyota has invested a total of USD$ 1.5 billion, to be spent over five-years, for the establishment of the TRI and its activities. It’s a new R&D enterprise that focuses on AI and robotics, both key components to the company’s goal towards semi-autonomous tech. The institute is headquartered in Silicon Valley, while a second institute is situated nearby MIT.
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