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What can we expect to see for robotics and AI in 2025? Our latest blog post reviews how our 2024 predictions fared and shares forecasts for the coming year, along with insights from our partner, Slalom. You won't want to miss this: https://lnkd.in/ekruvsPZ Wishing everyone a Happy Holidays, and see you in 2025 👋 #Robotics2025 #TechPredictions #AIinRobotics #AI #EnterpriseRobotics

Thrilled to have connected with Joanne Bromwell , Andrew Perry and Rahul Vij from the Formant team during our visit to RoboBusiness in October. It was a pleasure representing Robotic Crew and discussing how we can work together to drive innovation in robotics. Excited about the opportunities ahead as we explore this promising collaboration

Did you miss our webinar with Formant? Listen in for valuable insights and advice from the discussion with Mariel Leering on the topic of Managing Heterogeneous Fleets with SBRA. Watch the replay here: https://bit.ly/3Bon8nN #SoftBankRoboticsAmerica #SoftBank #Robotics #ManagingFleets #HeterogeneousRoboticFleets #WebinarReplay

What telemetry stack is your robotics company using? In this video I walk through Urban Machine's real-time telemetry stack, showing off tools that we use to debug problems remotely. We talk about ROS2, InfluxData (Moréa Pollet ), and Grafana. I talk about how tools like Foxglove (Adrian Macneil) and Formant (Jake Prokopchak, CMS) are entering the space and making it easier to set up your own real-time metrics stacks from scratch. To help others get started with building similar pipelines, we open-sourced create-ros-app—a tool to get up and running quickly with ROS2, Grafana, and Loki: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g-bx6Bx4 What telemetry tools are you using? Let’s swap notes! 🛠️

New year, but still stuck in POC (proof of concept)? 2025 is around the corner and can be a fresh start for your robotics program. However, getting robots “out of the lab” is the most challenging stage to break away from, especially in large organizations. Make this the year you take your program from POC to production within your organization. We’ve shared our best tips below on handling the most common issues enterprise robotics programs face. Check it out ➡️ https://lnkd.in/empt-Tmq #EnterpriseRobotics #RoboticsTips #POC #Formant #EnterpriseAutomation

Let’s be honest- the cost of operating data centers can be staggering 💰 But what if there was a way to cut expenses while boosting efficiency? Our latest blog explores how robotics, powered by cloud platforms like Formant, is revolutionizing data center operations and reducing costs across the board. Read it on our blog 📌 https://lnkd.in/dFg_a7Ss #DataCenterEfficiency #Robotics #Formant #DataCenters #Innovation

As we’re less than a month from 2025, we can expect AI will continue to be a central conversation in the new year, especially as it relates to robotics. However, it’s essential to be able to define the practical applications of AI from the “hype." In a recent webinar with The Robot Report, our CEO, Jeff Linnell, and Chief Architect, James Turnshek, weighed in on AI's current and future impact on robotics. Watch it for free, anytime 🎦 https://lnkd.in/eNKwVxHv #AI #Robotics #2025Robotics #Formant

Cala, a Paris-based robotics startup, is quickly transforming the food service industry with its autonomous restaurants, one dish at a time. 🍝 Discover how Formant's real-time monitoring and unified device management have empowered Cala to scale locations across France while ensuring consistent quality. Check it out 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJZTj4qM #CloudRobotics #FoodTech #RestaurantRobots #Robotics

🤖 AI meets Robotics: Shaping the Future of Manufacturing ⚙️ While AI has already revolutionized many industries, its "ChatGPT moment" for robotics is on the horizon. During a recent community industry briefing, Quentin Calleja from Atlantic Labs provided valuable insights into how AI and robotics are transforming the industrial landscape and emerging investment opportunities. 👉 If you’d like to catch the full discussion, check out the YouTube video here: https://2ly.link/21goS 📊 What’s driving this transition? • Labor Shortages & Costs: An aging workforce, rising wages, and reshoring pressures push industries to automate. • Tech Advancements: More powerful processing, better sensors, and lower hardware costs make robots more intelligent and affordable. • AI-Infused Intelligence: Robots are evolving from task-specific machines to adaptable systems, thanks to AI innovations like large language and vision models (LLMs & VLMs). 💡 Investment Areas in Robotics • Lower costs with RaaS (Robots-as-a-Service) models with companies like Formic and coboworx and enablers such as Formant, Viam, and Wandelbots • Enhanced flexibility and safety features • Plug-and-play solutions for seamless integration 🔮 The Future Today's Industrial robots excel in handling, welding, processing, and assembly tasks. The future points to versatile, humanoid robots capable of working alongside humans—bridging skills gaps and simplifying integration. In a few years, standardized perception algorithms could pave the way for general-purpose robots. Many years away, we might see fully automated "lights-out" factories! 🌟 Are you interested in Robotics and Industrial Technology? Check out First Momentum Ventures’ inspiring portfolio companies, such as Daedalus. Daedalus builds the world's most efficient and reliable factories for precision parts, controlled by software and automated by robots. 👉 For more deep dives and industry insights, follow First Momentum Ventures on LinkedIn! #ai #robotics #manufacturing #automation #futureofwork #industry40 #industrialtech #venturecapital #atlanticlabs #firstmomentum

Next week: Formant 🤝 Humanoids Summit Our Head of Global Sales, Andrew Perry, will attend the summit on the 11th and 12th in Mountain View, and would love to meet some more folks in the industry. If you'd like to chat, we invite you to schedule time with him to meet up during the summit: https://lnkd.in/eDbuQz-K We're looking forward to learning more about what's to come for the humanoid industry in the coming year and beyond... see you there! #HumanoidsSummit #Humanoids #FutureOfRobotics #Robotics