The Hugging Face company has announced the launch of a new project in the field of robotics, led by the world-renowned expert who previously worked at Tesla, Rémi Kadin.
This new company offers a famous library available to everyone in the field of artificial intelligence learning and programming codes, under the same name as the company. Additionally, it provides an open-source AI-based chatbot called Hugging Chat, which competes with the ChatGPT chatbot.
Kadin stated in a post on Ex platform: “I am delighted to announce my move to Hugging Face after spending three years at Tesla where I worked on developing the Optimus robot. I am now involved in launching a new ambitious open-source robotic project and look forward to hiring engineers to create actual robots here in Paris.”
Kadin shared a link to the job guide that includes a position for a robotic engineer, explaining that Hugging Face believes that artificial intelligence should not be limited to computers and servers. Therefore, the company is expanding its team by providing a new opportunity for a robotic engineer focusing on AI and machine learning.
The job description states that the appointed engineer will be responsible for creating cost-effective open-source robotic systems that integrate advanced AI technologies. Moreover, they will closely collaborate with AI specialists, researchers, and product development teams to innovate groundbreaking technological solutions that break traditional barriers in the robotics and AI world.
The workforce is encouraged to innovate collaborative, cost-effective, pre-assembled electronic software-shared systems, as well as control units and components manufactured using 3D printers.
These actions reflect Hugging Face’s desire to broaden its ambition scope, as the company’s efforts have so far been directed towards software development without focusing on hardware.
With increasing investments and interest in humanoid robotic and general robotic fields, Tesla seeks to enhance its Optimus robot, while the competing company “Figure” has been able to raise a large amount of $675 million from OpenAI organization and other investors to develop robots.
The pace of studies in robotics has clearly accelerated recently, as engineers seek revolutionary advancements in generative AI to discover new methods for quickly and cost-effectively teaching robots, using advanced language models and machine learning techniques.
Interest in flexible artificial intelligence that can be transferred from traditional devices to moving robots with self-mobility capability is increasing. This aims to support humans in performing physical and strenuous tasks beyond just coding operations, such as household chores, industrial tasks, and more.
