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Have you seen Formant new podcast? In our first episode Henrik Bennetsen and Richard Anaya discuss many topics - one in this clip below is a discussion focusing on: Dashboards to AI Agents: The Shift in Physical Operations 🤖🌍 The conversation around robotics data is evolving. It’s no longer just about staring at dashboards and waiting for rigid alerts—it’s about AI agents acting in the physical world. The Key Shift: Old Way: Constant human monitoring and simple "if/then" triggers. 📊 New Way: #AIagents that understand context and solve "fuzzy," ambiguous problems. 🧠 #PhysicalAI For the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gY3NwpWz

🤖 🎧 🤖 🎧 🤖 🎧 Formant has a new #Podcast and today we are dropping our first episode: Listen on SPOTIFY - https://lnkd.in/g6XRuc7w Here is a snippet of the conversation between Henrik Bennetsen and Richard Anaya where they discuss Richard's last article: "Physical AI: From Rules to Principles." They explore topics such as why traditional robots often get stuck in a loop with their rigid rules and how we can transform them by using principles rather than just a series of if–then statements. This shift might just be the key to helping machines thrive in the real world! If you're curious about Physical AI—what it means, why it matters, and where things are headed—this episode is a must-listen! Link to the article: https://lnkd.in/gTz3r-Vs

There’s huge excitement about #PhysicalAI right now, but it seems to mean everything and nothing. For us it comes down to this: #Robotics used to be about hard-coded rules. With modern AI, we can instead give systems principles and, once we teach the #AI about your context, let it reason about what to do in situations you never explicitly programmed. Same #robots better brain. That’s why we think we’re finally on the verge of an explosion in what we get done with machines. Richard breaks down this shift from rules to principles here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gTz3r-Vs

We have been fans of Bear Robotics for a long time and today, following a connection made by Holman's VP of robotics Joe Foster, a few of us got to visit their Redwood City HQ. Sadly we can't share pictures of where the actual robots are being developed but it was very cool to see. Thank you so much for having us!

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Holman has just announced that: A new era of automation begins today. Introducing Holman Robotics — the new standard in innovation, integration, and impact. The future starts here - https://lnkd.in/gjm_x7tG Formant is excited for our ongoing work and partnership! #PhysicalAI #Robotics #Automation

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Jeff Linnell speaking on the Holman Emerge today on the panel: "Automate Everything! What’s it Gonna Take?" https://lnkd.in/g4wmY7UG cc: Charlie Andersen Søren Peters Bill Graca Joe Foster Henrik Bennetsen #PhysicalAI

From “incidents” to signals — we're building a new, more proactive way to run physical operations. Our Agent doesn’t wait for downtime. It watches for early patterns that precede incidents and kicks off a generative investigation tailored to the situation. Think: analyze logs → check sensor drift → validate against history → propose a fix; or jump straight to a targeted diagnostic when that’s all that’s needed. When the agent needs help or crosses its autonomy guardrails, it escalates with context - what it found, what it did, what’s uncertain, and exactly what it needs from an operator. We call this collaborative intelligence and it’s how trust (and safe autonomy) grows over time. Outcomes: fewer incidents, faster resolution, expertise that compounds across your fleet, and more issues resolved safely without a 2 a.m. fire drill. If you’re curious how proactive ops actually works in practice, Fin Elliott breaks it down beautifully here: https://lnkd.in/gnMAJ4Dq

Anne will be at Robobusiness this week. She's in charge of our go to market motion so if you're interested in how we're deploying physical AI with our customers then there is no one better to connect with.