Toshiba’s Cambridge Research Laboratory (CRL) is excited to announce its acceleration of cutting-edge research into Embodied AI, a technology that combines physical presence with cooperative intelligence. This move reflects CRL’s commitment to advancing innovative research in the field of sustainable and human-centric AI. Our latest results are presented in two papers at the high-impact computer science conference, CVPR (Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition).
In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, AI is becoming the cornerstone of technological innovation. In this new world, conversational agents and virtual assistants have become common place, however, AI still hasn’t been effectively brought into physical domains, or to every industry; Fields such as logistics, maintenance and manufacturing cannot be fully addressed in cyberspace or using software alone. For example, Embodied AI plays an important role in reshaping the retail industry which has interaction in dynamic environments with ever-changing product offerings and customer demands.
CRL is at the forefront of research into Embodied AI, fueled by a £15 million investment from Toshiba in the next five years into the field. In line with this vision, Toshiba is excited to announce that CRL’s innovative core technologies are going to enhance Toshiba’s existing AI catalogue very soon. Our first industrial prototype of Embodied AI is planned for presentation in 2027, bringing us closer to a new era of intelligent collaboration between humans and machines.
