Intrinsic’s vision for physical AI: Building the software-defined factory

For decades, industrial automation has largely followed the same formula. Production lines have become faster, robots have become more capable, and software has steadily improved, but the underlying model has remained relatively fixed: automation systems are engineered for specific tasks, making flexibility expensive and time-consuming.

Intrinsic’s vision for physical AI: Building the software-defined factory

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Production lines have become faster, robots have become more capable, and software has steadily improved, but the underlying model has remained relatively fixed: automation systems are engineered for...

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For decades, industrial automation has largely followed the same formula. Production lines have become faster, robots have become more capable, and software has steadily improved, but the underlying model has remained relatively fixed: automation systems are engineered for specific tasks, making flexibility expensive and time-consuming.

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  • For decades, industrial automation has largely followed the same formula.

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Production lines have become faster, robots have become more capable, and software has steadily improved, but the underlying model has remained relatively fixed: automation systems are engineered for specific tasks, making flexibility expensive and time-consuming.

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