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Autonomous Cleaning Revolution With Austin Deric

Over the Air · 31 Oct 2024 · 26m

What this episode covers

Austin Deric, Director of Software at Tailos, discusses building autonomous commercial cleaning robots. He details the transition from a legacy Raspberry Pi 3-based codebase to a more powerful Toradex processor to enable advanced SLAM and navigation. Deric explains the company's 'buy vs. build' strategy, leveraging ROS, Nav2, and Slam Toolbox, and highlights the importance of reliability in enterprise environments like hotels and airports.

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companies scaling up

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Companies
Tailos, Southwest Research Institute, Willow Garage, Plus One Robotics, iRobot, Timescale, Darkhive, Fox Robotics, Apptronik, Agility Robotics
Chips
Raspberry Pi, Toradex
Tools
ROS, SLAM Toolbox, Nav2, Grafana

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