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The Robot Report Podcast

RGO Robotics and Verizon on the future of robotics perception and AI compute on the edge

Oct 11, 2023
In this podcast, RGO Robotics and Verizon discuss the evolving nature of AI and its impact on the perception and autonomy of mobile robots. They also explore how Verizon's 5G network can support the computing and communication needs of the robotics industry. The podcast covers news of a funding round for mobile robotics software provider Formant and includes a quick interview with their CEO. It also touches on topics such as investments in the robotics industry, generative AI, and the potential impact of 5G on mobile robotics.
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Quick takeaways

  • AI enables robots to be truly autonomous by understanding complex scenes and generating real-time behaviors.
  • 5G technology advances mobile robotics by providing low latency, high bandwidth capabilities, and enabling collaboration among multiple robots.

Deep dives

AI's Impact on Mobile Robotics

AI is fundamentally changing the mobile robotics industry, enabling robots to be truly autonomous. With AI, robots can understand complex scenes, adapt behaviors, and generate new behaviors based on sensory information. Generative autonomy allows robots to solve new and more complex cases, generating the right behavior in real-time. The main challenges for implementing generative autonomy include providing a high level of understanding of the environment, access to sufficient computational resources, and access to large amounts of high-quality data.

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