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AI at the Edge: How perception and AI are shaping mobile robotics

The Robot Report Podcast · 22 Nov 2024 · 54m

What this episode covers

Amir Bousani, CEO of RGO Robotics, and Jacob Petersen, Chief Commercial Officer of Wheel.Me Robotics, discuss how advanced perception engines enable autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to operate in dynamic environments. They explain that Wheel.Me chose to integrate RGO’s software rather than building perception in-house to accelerate time-to-market and reduce costs. The conversation highlights the industry shift toward vision-based AI to solve deployment bottlenecks, such as long commissioning times and localization failures in changing warehouses. Additionally, the episode covers the recent unveiling of Collaborative Robotics' Proxie mobile manipulator and Mobile Industrial Robots' MC 600, signaling a surge in mobile manipulation products.

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early-stage companies and companies scaling up

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Companies
RGO Robotics, Wheel.Me Robotics, Collaborative Robotics, Mobile Industrial Robots, Universal Robots, Boston Dynamics, MIT, Nvidia
Products
Proxie, MC 600

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