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Bonus Episode: Smart City Robotics Competition

Robot Talk · 13 Oct 2025 · 1h 28m

What this episode covers

Claire Asher interviews Duncan Russell of Smart City Consultancy about the Smart City Robotics Competition in Milton Keynes, which challenges teams with real-world tasks like coffee service, door opening, and pick-and-pack. Competitors from teams including Mosaic Robotics, Zingers, and MK College discuss specific hardware such as the Tiago, Pepper, and Temi robots, and technical hurdles involving computer vision, sensor integration, and human-robot interaction. The episode highlights the gap between lab precision and unstructured environments, featuring discussions on vision-language-action models, remote monitoring of autonomous shuttles, and the collaborative nature of the event.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Smart City Consultancy, Mosaic Robotics, Zingers, NextGenAI, Beckhoff, Birth Robotics
Products
Tiago, Pepper, Temi, Unitree, Amove

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