Thomas Tomow

Robots 2.0: When artificial intelligence meets steel

What happens when AI escapes the screen and gets a body? Discover the perfect storm of innovation creating a new generation of intelligent, autonomous robots.

Robots 2.0: When artificial intelligence meets steel
#1about 2 minutes

Learning from past technological revolutions

Major innovations like electricity and the automobile show how society adapts to disruptive technology over time.

#2about 2 minutes

AI is moving from the screen to the physical world

Artificial intelligence is evolving from pure software into embodied systems, building on a long history of robotics from early concepts to modern industrial automation.

#3about 3 minutes

A look at today's cutting-edge humanoid robots

An overview of current advanced robots like Figure, Tesla's Optimus, and Boston Dynamics highlights their impressive interaction and mobility capabilities.

#4about 2 minutes

Why robotic capabilities are advancing so rapidly

The convergence of exponential AI growth, accelerated hardware, and vast data collection is creating a perfect storm for innovation in intelligent robotics.

#5about 3 minutes

Real-world robot deployments and their challenges

Robots are already being used in manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare, but developers face significant challenges with power efficiency and operational safety.

#6about 1 minute

The modern toolset for robotics development

Developers can leverage open-source frameworks like ROS 2, downloadable small language models, and near real-time simulations to build and test robots efficiently.

#7about 8 minutes

Building an intelligent robot from the ground up

A walkthrough of building a custom robot reveals key challenges in motor control abstraction, sensor fusion with lidar and cameras, and integrating AI for object detection.

#8about 5 minutes

A live demo of a robot's vision and AI brain

A demonstration shows how a custom robot uses its camera, lidar, and object detection to perceive its environment, followed by an attempt to use a VLM for interaction.

#9about 1 minute

Final thoughts and an invitation to collaborate

The project highlights the complexity of modern robotics and serves as an open invitation for developers to contribute to its ongoing development.

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