Toyota Research Institute (TRI), an artificial intelligence research company established in the United States by Toyota Motor Corporation in January, will collaborate with the University of Michigan in artificial intelligence research. TRI will invest $ 1 million over the next four years to engage in joint research in the fields of life support robots and autonomous driving.
According to Toyota Motor Corporation, the University of Michigan is soliciting proposals for professors and students on campus to solve problems such as mobility, safety improvement, and life support robots.Professor Alec Galimore enthusiastically said, "We would like to work closely with Toyota and bring about new technological innovations on a global scale."The University of Michigan is focusing on industry-academia-government collaboration with the innovation of self-driving cars, and Professor Jack Fu hopes that "the collaboration with Toyota will accelerate such efforts."
Toyota Technical Center, Toyota's technology development base in North America, has long been conducting joint research with the University of Michigan on safety technology.Since its establishment, it has also supported the operation of the University of Michigan's driving experiment facility "M City" as a sponsor. TRI CEO Gill Pratt said, "We will strive to develop new technologies to provide consumers with safer, more secure and efficient means of transportation."
TRI has secured a budget of 5 billion yen in 10 years and is working on the development of artificial intelligence technology.Toyota has invested $ 2,500 million each in Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish a collaborative research center for artificial intelligence, and is promoting the establishment of autonomous driving technology.We hope that further research will be carried out in collaboration with the University of Michigan.
