US EditionMeta Buys Robotics Startup Assured Robot Intelligence To Power Humanoid Push As $5 Trillion Market Race H
The startup’s team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs as the company expands work on in-house humanoid hardware and underlying AI.
- On Friday, Meta Platforms closed the acquisition of Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence models to help humanoid robots understand, predict, and adapt to human behavior in complex environments.
- Following costly disappointments with Oculus and Metaverse bets, Meta is pivoting toward real-world humanoid robotics, aiming to build a foundational technology platform for the market similar to the Android operating system.
- Co-Founders Lerrel Pinto and Xiaolong Wang will join the Meta Superintelligence Labs research division, bringing technology described as a "robot brain" to enhance control, self-learning capabilities, and whole-body movement.
- This acquisition follows Amazon's purchase of Fauna Robotics last month, highlighting a competitive industry sprint with forecasts ranging from Goldman Sachs' $38 billion by 2035 to Morgan Stanley's $5 trillion by 2050.
- The incoming team will collaborate with Meta Robotics Studio, a group launched last year to develop underlying in-house humanoid hardware and AI models aimed at establishing market foundation.
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Meta Buys Robotics Startup Assured Robot Intelligence To Power Humanoid Push As $5 Trillion Market Race H
Meta Platforms acquires humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence, strengthening its push into physical AI through its Superintelligence Labs division.
Meta Acquires AI Startup Assured Robot Intelligence to Accelerate Humanoid Robotics Development | 📲 LatestLY
Meta Platforms has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence to advance humanoid robotics and AI-driven behaviour adaptation. The startup’s team joins Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, focusing on self-learning and robot control. With rising competition from Tesla and Amazon, Meta is strengthening its push into real-world robotics innovation. 📲 Meta Acquires AI Startup Assured Robot Intelligence to Accelerate Humanoid Robotics Development.
Meta bought some help in its quest for humanoid robots
Meta is making another push to expand its humanoid efforts with the acquisition of a small robotics intelligence startup.Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMeta acquired Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) on Friday, a startup developing AI for humanoids.The move is another step for Meta toward building out its robotics efforts.Several startups are working on the brains for humanoids and other robots.Meta has deepened its stake in the roboti…
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