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State of robotic perception with RGo Robotics' Amir Bousani

The Robot Report Podcast · 27 May 2022 · 1h 10m

What this episode covers

Amir Bousani, co-founder and CEO of Argo Robotics, discusses the company's exit from stealth mode with $20 million in funding and its perception engine for mobile robots. He explains how Argo's vision-based system enables 'human-level perception' to identify objects and navigate complex, unstructured environments where traditional LiDAR fails. The conversation covers the limitations of current robotic sensing, the strategic choice of camera-based hardware reference designs, and the future of sensor fusion in robotics.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Argo Robotics, Sarkos, RE2 Squared, Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Intuition Robotics, Embodied Robotics, Mass Robotics, DeepMind, Intel
Products
Guardian XO, Guardian XT, Digit, Atlas, LEQ, Moxie, RealSense, Starship
Tools
MuJoCo

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