AI-powered research demonstrates two vehicles avoiding crashing in dynamic conditions. Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and Stanford Engineering announced a world first in driving research: autonomously drifting two cars in tandem. For nearly seven years, the teams have collaborated on research to make driving safer. The experiments automate a motorsports maneuver called “drifting,” where a driver […]
Toyota Research Institute Announces Multimillion-Dollar Challenge to Accelerate Advanced Materials Research
The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced a multiyear, multimillion-dollar challenge aimed at closing the gap between recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) prediction of new materials and finding the actual “recipe” needed to make these hypothetical materials in the real world. Researchers can presently use AI and simulation to find millions of novel materials at […]
Toyota Research Institute Unveils Generative AI Techniques for Vehicle Design
The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) today unveiled a generative artificial intelligence (AI) technique to amplify vehicle designers. Currently, designers can leverage publicly available text-to-image generative AI tools as an early step in their creative process. With TRI’s new technique, designers can add initial design sketches and engineering constraints into this process, cutting down the iterations […]
Toyota Research Institute Invests Over $100M in Collaborative Research Program with U.S. Universities
Partnerships with MIT, Stanford, Columbia, and others address some of the world’s greatest challenges, including aging society, climate change, and human understanding. The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced the latest results of its collaborative research program with U.S. academic institutions. This initiative has funded $100M of research and generated over 1250 paper submissions since its […]
Toyota Launches New $100 Million Venture Fund to Invest in Autonomous Mobility and Robotics Startups
Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Toyota AI Ventures (TAIV) announced its Fund II, a new $100 million fund dedicated to investing in early-stage startups developing disruptive technologies and business models in the autonomous mobility and robotics markets. Led by founding managing director Jim Adler, who also serves as executive advisor at the Toyota Research Institute […]
Toyota Research Institute Makes $100 Million Investment To Bring Disruptive Tech To Market Faster
Initial investments funding autonomous vehicle technology, artificial intelligence and robotics. The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced it is investing an initial $100 million to launch Toyota AI Ventures, a new corporate venture capital subsidiary designed to provide early-stage financing to startup technology companies. TRI launched the venture by contributing initial investments it has made in […]