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Toyota’s Woven Planet Unit Acquires CARMERA for Autonomous Vehicle Mapping

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…disclosed. The predecessor to Woven Planet—Toyota Research institute - Advanced Development Inc. (TRI-AD)—previously collaborated with CARMERA on projects from 2018 to 2020. They demonstrated that the companies could successfully develop and update high-definition (HD) maps from commodity, device-agnostic sources, such as commercially available dashboard-mounted cameras, said Woven Planet. TRI-AD was founded in 2019, and Woven Planet Holdings, Woven Core, Woven…


Toyota Research Institute Demonstrates New Robot Capabilities for Household Tasks

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Toyota Research Institute today said that it has successfully developed new capabilities for robots to conduct complex tasks in home environments. The Toyota Motor Corp. unit said its researchers were able to train robots to understand and operate in complicated situations that would confuse most other robots, including recognizing and responding to transparent and reflective surfaces in a variety of…


Toyota AI Ventures Rebrands as Toyota Ventures, to Invest $300M More in Emerging Tech

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…as a subsidiary of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) to invest in early-stage startups working on robotics, artificial intelligence, autonomy, cloud computing, data, and mobility. Its stated goal was to help them bring disruptive technologies and business models to market quickly. “Toyota Ventures has been an invaluable partner for Boxbot since it invested in our seed round in 2018,” said…


Toyota Research Institute Shares Punyo Bubble Gripper Design to Advance Soft Robotics

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The Toyota Research Institute, or TRI, has developed soft grippers for domestic robot hands and today said it is sharing the design source files and full build instructions to help advance the technology. It is offering the materials on Punyo.tech so research institutions and aspiring roboticists can build their own Punyo Soft Bubble Grippers. “The soft robotics community is small,…


MassRobotics and MassTLC to Host Virtual Robotics and AI Career Fair

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…Ras Labs Realtime Robotics ThayerMahan Toyota Research Institute Vecna Robotics Vicarious Surgical Massachusetts technology hub fosters innovation “Talent is the No. 1 reason tech companies locate in Massachusetts, and the inability to source enough skilled workers is the No. 1 constraint to growth in the white-hot robotics and AI space,” stated Tom Hopcroft, CEO of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council…


Toyota Unit Woven Planet to Acquire Lyft’s Level 5 Autonomous Driving Division for $550M

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…expansion of the operations of Toyota Research Institute - Advanced Development Inc. (TRI-AD) with the motto of “Mobility to Love, Safety to Live.” It includes four companies in support of connected and autonomous vehicles, robotics, smart cities, and more. Woven Planet Holdings Inc. makes strategic decisions for the group, Woven Core Inc. develops autonomous vehicle technologies, and Wolven Alpha Inc.…


MassRobotics Offers STEM Programs With Toyota Research Institute Support

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…their parents waiting!” In addition, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and MIT Lincoln Laboratory participated in MassRobotics' Adopt a School Program at the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science in Roxbury, Mass. On two days last week, 14 students used 10 BrainCo resuable robotics kits, which TRI donated to the school. A TRI research scientist joined a MassRobotics instructor…


3D Printing Fix for Medical Supply Shortages

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…with RESOLVE.ngo, Schmidt Futures, and Toyota Research Institute to bring together maker, hospital systems, manfuacturers and other groups to fill gaps in the medical supply chain. You can learn on the group's Facebook page. America Makes Youngstown, Ohio-based America Makes (the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute) is collaborating with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Veterans’…


Self-Driving Cars are Leveling Up in Autonomy

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…and traffic models. Recently, the Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, the R&D arm of the Japanese carmaker, has announced it will use NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation to test and validate its autonomous vehicle systems. Role of Simulation Modern passenger cars benefit from the cumulative experience of an industry that has been crash-testing for decades. To achieve a comparable type of reliability, the…


Robotic Industries Association announces winners of Engelberger Robotics Awards

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…chief executive officer of the Toyota Research Institute (TRI), and Daniela Rus, professor of electrical engineering and computer science and director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Pratt and Rus will be honored at a special ceremony held in conjunction with the Automate 2017 Exhibition and Conference and the International…


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