Robotics and AI Institute

A robotics basic-research institute led by Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert and funded by Hyundai.

The RAI Institute began in 2022 as the Boston Dynamics AI Institute, launched by Hyundai Motor Group together with Boston Dynamics with a reported initial investment of more than $400 million, before later taking its current name. Executive Director Marc Raibert, the founder of Boston Dynamics, leads the institute from its main campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Zurich, Switzerland. Rather than selling products, it focuses on long-term basic research in robotics and AI; its website lists dexterous manipulation, learning methods for control, data-driven AI models, navigation in complex environments, and robot ethics as its research areas. It collaborates with Boston Dynamics on reinforcement-learning-based locomotion control. In May 2026 it published a research demo of a robot using onboard vision and a multi-fingered hand to juggle by throwing and catching.

Also called

RAI Institute, Boston Dynamics AI Institute, The AI Institute

Related

Boston Dynamics · Hyundai Motor Group · RL-based Locomotion Control · Dexterous Manipulation · Boston Dynamics Spot · ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab

Sources

RAI Institute - About
RAI Institute 官网首页 (Chinese)

As of

2026-05