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Russ Tedrake to unveil stealth AI startup at Robotics Summit. Artificial intelligence has been dominating conversations at every technology event for the past few years, and the robotics industry continues to look for ways to apply the technology to robots. At the Robotics Summit & Expo, Russ Tedrake, a professor at MIT and former senior vice president of large behavior models (LBMs) at the Toyota Research Institute, will unveil his new stealth AI startup focused on deploying LBMs for robotics. Drawing on his deep experience in robotics and AI, Tedrake will share his vision for how physical AI can unlock more capable, adaptable robots across industries. The keynote, "Building Large Behavior Models for Industry," will examine the motivations behind the technology, early breakthroughs, and the potential impact of LBMs on next-generation robots. More about Russ Tedrake. Tedrake is the Toyota Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Mechanical Engineering at MIT, the director of the Center for Robotics at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (MIT CSAIL), and the leader of Team MIT's entry in the DARPA Robotics Challenge. His research is focused on finding elegant control solutions for interesting - under-actuated, stochastic, or difficult-to-model - dynamical systems that he can build and experiment with. Tedrake is particularly interested in finding connections between mechanics, especially non-smooth mechanics, and machine learning or optimization theory, which enable robust control design for complex mechanical systems. Tedrake is a recipient of the 2021 Jamieson Teaching Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the MIT Jerome Saltzer Award for undergraduate teaching, the DARPA Young Faculty Award in Mathematics, and the 2012 Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award. He has also been named a Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellow. Registration is now open for the Robotics Summit & Expo, the world's leading technical event for commercial robotics developers. The event is produced by The Robot Report and parent company WTWH Media. The show will have more than 50 sessions in tracks on artificial intelligence, design and development, enabling technologies, healthcare, and logistics. The Engineering Theater on the show floor will also feature presentations by industry experts. The Robotics Summit will also feature a number of networking opportunities. These include a Mix & Mingle Networking Reception after the first day of the show, the ticketed RBR50 Awards Dinner, and a Women in Robotics Breakfast. The Robotics Summit & Expo is co-located with DeviceTalks Boston, which focuses on medical devices.

Toyota unveils its Fluorite gaming engine. Toyota, through its subsidiary Toyota Connected North America, has announced the creation of its own game engine called Fluorite. Eurogamer reports this with reference to Automaton and Game*Spark. Fluorite is tightly integrated with Google's Flutter framework and uses the Dart programming language to implement logic and user interface. The main task of the development is to ensure high performance even on low-power or specialized equipment, including processing 3D graphics and interactive interfaces in the car cabin. Features of the Toyota Fluorite game engine. Among the key features of the engine is the Entity Component System core, written in C++ and optimized for work on devices with limited resources. Fluorite also offers a system of trigger touch zones defined at the model level. This allows artists to work in Blender and more precisely place interactive areas, simplifying the creation of three-dimensional interfaces. Another important feature is support for 3D rendering of game consoles, implemented on the basis of the Filament library from Google. This solution allows to improve the quality of graphics on car displays. In addition, the engine supports the Hot Reload function with Flutter, which allows you to update scenes and interface elements without restarting the system. According to Game*Spark, Toyota initially considered the possibility of using existing game engines, but faced high licensing costs and resource requirements. This led to the creation of its own solution. Toyota is positioning Fluorite as a fully open source engine. Although the company has no plans to enter the video game market, the tool will be available to independent developers who can use it in their own projects. Don't miss interesting news