Toyota announced yesterday that it is embarking on partnerships with its University Stanford and its Institute of Technology Massachusettss (MIT) for the creation in the common center investigations.
Researchers there will focus on artificial intelligence and robotics, but not in the same way that other carmakers have done in recent years.
"Toyota believes that opportunities to improve daily living through artificial intelligence are unlimited, with significant potential for the development of life saving vehicles and robots to improve life", ανέφερε η εταιρεία στους NYT.
The head of the project is Gill Pratt, who until now was the director of the proletterof the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA Robotics). Stanford professor Fei Fei-Li is considered a special personality in the world of computing, and will lead the new Stanford lab.
With this new effort, Toyota competes with car companies that have already started similar projects: Audi, Honda, Mercedes, and Tesla, are already running their own self-driving development programs.
New York Times
