Agents Have a Perception Problem

Why the next generation of agentic AI needs senses. Agents can read the web, write code, and call tools like APIs and CLIs, but they can't see a factory floor or hear a failing motor. Edge AI closes that gap: small, specialist models that turn messy real-world signals into structured events agents can act on. This talk lays out the sensor-to-agent architecture, shares lessons from real deployments, and shows where the interesting problems live once agents get eyes, ears, and hands.