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Welcome to the First House of Motor1

Once upon a time journalists, together with these at Motor1, labored at centralized editorial places of work. But current years have modified our way of life, working, shifting, and understanding mobility. Therefore, the way in which we go about creating automotive content material has additionally modified.

This transition impressed us to create a brand new technology of places of work we name the House of Motor1, inaugurated right now by by our editorial group, the Motorsport Network, in Rome.

What is the House of Motor1 about? It’s a spot to have and share experiences, a home devoted to the automotive of the long run. Because we imagine that the automotive (hybrid, electrical or hydrogen, it would not matter) might be an undisputed protagonist of the long run, because of the applied sciences that compose it. 

An Office Ecosystem

“The house is a machine for living” mentioned architect and designer Le Corbusier. And if right now’s machines hunt most effectivity, we’ve finished the identical with our workplace, designed and constructed as an ecosystem of power effectivity.

That means self-producing a part of the power we have to work on daily basis (together with charging the electrical automobiles we take a look at on Motor1.com and InsideEVs) and on the similar time consuming as little power as potential.

So we lined the roof with photovoltaic panels, put in storage batteries, and added a high-efficiency air-con system able to recovering warmth produced whereas inside air is exchanged.

Everything is networked and interconnected to the automotive park’s charging infrastructure with “smart” charging stations that recharge the automobiles or, when wanted, take a part of the power saved within the batteries and change it with the workplace.

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The entrance to the House of Motor1

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Charging stations

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Our tremendous environment friendly HVAC

A Space to Talk About Changing Mobility

The first House of Motor1 was born in a particular place, an outdated manufacturing unit in-built 1900 within the coronary heart of Rome close to the Trastevere district.

The constructing underwent a 12-month industrial restoration, which represented a problem inside the problem each when it comes to redevelopment to scale back its power wants and for the transformation of the massive inside areas redesigned in accordance with the wants of the editorial workforce.

Among different environments, we have created a studio for recording movies and podcasts in addition to areas devoted to modifying the content material that feed our web sites and social channels.

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The studio house.

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A standard workplace with the suitable chairs.

Alcuni momenti della serata inaugurale
Il parcheggio di House of Motor1 durante l'opening ufficiale
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Toyota Research Institute Showcases Latest AI-Assisted Driving Technology

Journalists Get Front-Row Seats to Experience Both the Safety and Thrill of Driving in Partnership with AI

WILLOWS, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2023) – Last month, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) invited reporters for a deep dive into its new Accelerated Concepts program in active safety.

The international media event at Thunderhill Raceway, Willows, CA, marked a first for TRI, offering journalists from the US and Europe an opportunity to ride inside its research vehicles and simulators and experience firsthand how TRI is approaching autonomy.

TRI’s Human Interactive Driving (HID) team aims their research not at self-driving robotaxis but rather at active safety, incorporating both high autonomy AND high driver engagement. This approach makes driving both safer and more fun – keeping the driver engaged and working with the car as a truly intelligent partner.

TRI also unveiled its Driving Sensei concept, which uses AI to help drivers gain mastery over the skills of driving through a combination of AI-driven instruction and AI-powered driver support. Driving Sensei helps people become better, safer drivers while ensuring they are engaged in the driving task.

“Safety is a top priority for Toyota,” said TRI CEO Gill Pratt. “Our human-centered approach is discovering better, safer ways for humans and AI to collaborate. We’re amplifying people by building models that predict drivers’ actions, developing AI that enhances driver performance.”

Each research vehicle and simulator demonstrated different technologies developed under the HID team’s research pillars: 1) Human-Focused Learning, 2) Driver/Vehicle Performance and Safety, and 3) Shared Autonomy.

  1. Human-Focused Learning uses data-driven machine-learning techniques to create models of human behavior.
  2. With Driver/Vehicle Performance and Safety, the team seeks to build expert-level driving skills with AI.

Media members experienced this firsthand in the autonomous self-drifting Toyota Supra, testing the handling limits, and in a fully autonomous Lexus LC500, demonstrating its ability to avoid obstacles while charging down the track at high speeds. Teaching these expert driving skills to AI helps lay the foundation for autonomous technology to help drivers avoid accidents by navigating sudden obstacles or hazardous road conditions like black ice.

3. The final component is Shared Autonomy, where AI and drivers work together for a safer and more enjoyable driving experience. Participants tested TRI’s custom-built Global Research Innovation Platform (GRIP), a research vehicle with four-wheel steering and in-wheel electric motors used to iterate driving research rapidly. GRIP’s in-car dynamics emulation enables new scenarios for driver training within a controlled environment.

Journalists learned how to control drifting through a combination of AI-powered instruction and support before testing their skills on a simulated ice patch. Journalists also experienced TRI’s AI-powered track driving coach in a simulator. This AI coach used real-time natural language to instruct journalists based on their current actions. Journalists were also able to interact with the agent using a chatbot interface to understand their performance and get tips on how to improve.

“Can we save more lives by bringing automated vehicle technology to more people in more places and sooner?” asked Avinash Balachandran, director of TRI’s Human Interactive Driving Division. “We think the answer is yes – by rethinking the way people and embodied technologies interact to create new experiences and value for our customers.”

For more technical information about what was demonstrated at the track, please see TRI’s Medium blog here.

About Toyota Research Institute

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) conducts research to amplify human ability, focusing on making our lives safer and more sustainable. Led by Dr. Gill Pratt, TRI’s team of researchers develops technologies to advance energy and materials, human-centered artificial intelligence, human interactive driving, machine learning, and robotics. Established in 2015, TRI has offices in Los Altos, California, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information about TRI, please visit http://tri.global.