Boston Dynamics’ chief competition in the humanoid robot space, including Agility, Figure, and Tesla, have primarily opted to build out their AI teams in-house. The Boston Dynamics-TRI deal is especially interesting given that the organizations are run by Hyundai and Toyota — direct competitors in the automotive space.

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American robotics company Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) signed a deal to advance the capabilities of the Atlas humanoid robot

The partnership plans to fuse language-based models and advanced robotics to accelerate AI integration, and eventual integration in production lines.

Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) have announced a joint project to bring AI -based robotic intelligence to the electric Atlas humanoid robot. The partnership will leverage TRI's expertise in large behavior models (LBMs), a technology that is similar to the large language models (LLMs) that power platforms like ChatGPT.

The Toyota Research Institute has been doing some incredible work teaching robots to rapidly learn and perform tasks autonomously – now, it's bringing its Large Behavior Model tech to the extraordinary Atlas humanoid in partnership with Boston Dynamics.

Boston Dynamics and Toyota Research Institute (TRI) are teaming up to develop humanoid robots powered by advanced AI.