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Safety and Efficiency in Robotics Design

The Robot Report Podcast · 9 May 2025 · 1h 07m

What this episode covers

Giovanni Campanella, General Manager of Industrial Automation and Robotics at Texas Instruments, discusses TI's comprehensive portfolio for robotics, including processors, sensors, and wide bandgap (GaN) power electronics. He explains how TI supports the design of humanoids and collaborative robots by providing reference designs for varying power levels and embedding functional safety (SIL3, FMD) into semiconductor components. The conversation highlights the shift toward battery-powered, compact robots requiring high power density and the critical role of edge AI and physical AI in enabling autonomous, adaptive behavior in dynamic environments like healthcare and agriculture.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Texas Instruments, Amazon, Taradine, SDP/SI
Products
Vulcan, Universal Robots, Mir, C2000, millimeter wave sensors
Also
GaN

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