Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and NVIDIA have set up the Middle East’s first Joint Lab dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
The TII-NVAITC (NVIDIA AI Technology Center) Joint Lab will pioneer development of next-generation AI models, robotics platforms and humanoid technologies to accelerate innovation across industries.
The partnership positions Abu Dhabi at the forefront of applied AI and aligns with the emirate’s strategy for technological sovereignty while contributing to the global robotics ecosystem.
It will combine NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platforms and expertise with TII’s research in AI, robotics, autonomous systems, and high-performance computing.
Research priorities include advancing physical AI through embodied models, state-of-the-art humanoid stacks, and hardware for real-time robotic systems, alongside scaling robotic learning and control and integrating large language models such as TII’s Falcon family, the region’s first and largest AI models.
“By combining our advanced robotic platforms with powerful AI models and compute, we are accelerating the convergence of perception, control and language – laying the foundation for a new era of intelligent machines,” said Najwa Aaraj, CEO of TII.
“By working with TII in Abu Dhabi, we are expanding the scope of these centers into robotics for the first time in the Middle East – helping researchers and innovators accelerate breakthroughs that will shape the future of intelligent systems,” said Carlo Ruiz, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions and Operations EMEA at NVIDIA.
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