Giving robots a brain | Intrinsic’s Brian Gerkey

About this episode

Andrew interviews Brian Gerkey about the advancements in robotics through AI and software-defined automation.

What if deploying a new capability to an industrial robot arm was as seamless as pushing an update to a web app? This week, Andrew sits down with Brian Gerkey, CTO of Intrinsic and a titan of the open-source robotics community, to discuss how modern AI is finally giving robotics the "brains" to handle the unpredictable physical world. Brian breaks down how to move away from rigid, monolithic automation toward software-defined, modular robotics using tools like ROS (Robot Operating System) and...

People in this episode

Host: Andrew

Guest: Brian Gerkey

Topics covered

• robotics
• AI
• automation
• open-source
• industrial technology

Keywords

• robot arms
• AI
• automation
• modular robotics
• open-source robotics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Intrinsic, ROS (Robot Operating System)

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