Boston Dynamics Founder Launches $400M AI Robotics Institute
• Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, started the Boston Dynamics AI Institute in 2022 with $400 million from Hyundai • The institute aims to push robotics and AI to new frontiers, be the "Bell Labs of robotics and AI", and tackle hard problems • Key areas of research are "watch, understand, do", improving robot dexterity, and "physical AI" combining AI and robots • The institute is hiring top talent from across academia and industry, with outposts in Boston, Switzerland, and at universities • Unlike the viral YouTube videos from Boston Dynamics, the institute doesn't have video content to share yet