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Minerva is Putting Humanoids in Harm's Way
Sandor Felber likes to describe general purpose humanoids robots as passenger cars — they’re similar and built for the same purpose. He compares his own company’s humanoids to like firetrucks, on the other hand — niche and specific.
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Minerva is Putting Humanoids in Harm's Way
Sandor Felber likes to describe general-purpose humanoid robots as passenger cars — they’re similar and built for the same purpose. He compares his own company’s humanoids to like firetrucks, on the other hand — niche and specific.
The industrial automation market enters 2027 with opportunities for growth, but also uncertainty surrounding capital investment, manufacturing demand, and the pace of technology adoption.
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Advantech breaks down the computing, sensor integration, and AI architecture needed to take intelligent robots from promising prototypes to production-ready systems.
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Join experts from Brain Corp, Tennant Company, and Dane Technologies to learn what it takes to bridge the gap between prototype and profitable robotics business, from choosing the right autonomy platform to scaling real-world deployments
Join Intel's Ricky Watts and Greeshma Pisharody to break down the architecture behind Physical AI, from sensing and AI inference to motion control, safety, and real-world robotic applications.
EP8: Factory Automation: Bob Little on Integration, ROI, and Physical AI
Buying a robot is only one part of making automation work. The bigger challenge is understanding the manufacturing process, choosing the right integration partner, and defining what success needs to look like on the factory floor.
Keeping welding cells running isn't just about how fast a robot can weld. It's about getting the right parts to the right place, consistently. And when bins are messy, parts vary, and manual picking slows things down, even the best welding systems end up sitting idle.
Consumer AI vs. Industrial AI: Reliability in Manufacturing
What happens when AI confidently makes the wrong call? On the factory floor, that's a problem. Shirin Saleem, VP of software engineering at Cognex, explains why knowing when not to make a decision is just as important as getting one right.
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