Image: SuppliedThe Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research arm of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), and NVIDIA, the global leader in accelerated computing and artificial intelligence (AI), have launched the Middle East’s first joint laboratory dedicated to AI and robotics. The TII-NVAITC (NVIDIA AI Technology Centre) Joint Lab for AI and Robotics aims to develop next-generation AI models, robotics platforms, and humanoid technologies, with the goal of accelerating innovation across multiple industries. She added that combining TII’s robotic platforms with AI models and accelerated computing would accelerate the convergence of perception, control, and language, laying the foundation for intelligent machines. The lab will integrate NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platforms with TII’s multidisciplinary research in AI, robotics, autonomous systems, and high-performance computing. It will be the first NVIDIA AI Technology Centre lab in the Middle East, with research spanning robotic learning and control at scale, large language models including TII’s Falcon AI models, and hardware for real-time robotic systems.