The Robot Report Podcast
01:05:43 · Mike Oitzman
[01:05:43] S1: Yeah. It's true. And, again, like, we we talked about, you know, what happens to to robots when they're in... Like an orchard, you know, when, you... The robots are are occluded from seeing the sky and, you know, GPS becomes spotty. You know, what was the robots need to do? It's it's one of those things, Steve, when I was managing the mobile robots, the indoor mobile robots, you know, lost, needing to be relocalized was a frequent and still is for for many indoor robot systems, and it's even a bigger challenge when that's outdoor. So, you know, again, it was interesting to to dive deep on that, it was a great conversations. Same thing, inspection drones, another use case. They always need to know where they are. So if you're looking at something, you want to know where you are in space so you can relate that. And the more accurate you are, the the better that data is going to be. I know, Steve, one of the last things I want to point out Point One Nav is that remember, we've been covering the Indy Autonomous Challenge since its inception, and they've used Point One Nav since the beginning of the event five years ago to keep those cars on track. That was one of the, you know, great stress cases for this concept of of knowing where you are. And even in those race cars, they have two receivers, one in the front of the vehicle and one in the back of the vehicle because, you know, that centimeter accuracy was important to know how the vehicle was turning, rate of turn, all that kind of stuff. I remember one of the biggest crashes, so to speak, one of the vehicles went off the track because it lost... There was some problem on board. It lost the GPS signal and the robot was moving, you know, I don't 150 miles an hour or something like that. And so it sort of spun off the track in the corner. It was because it lost... The GPS signal didn't know where it was anymore, and that caused the whole system to become confused. So position is important.
01:07:44 · Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman
[01:07:44] S0: Everything always comes back to the... In the autonomous challenge for you. [01:07:47] S1: It does, man. Love racing. [01:07:52] S0: Yeah. That's funny. Oh, again, that was a great look under the hood of of what's become a ubiquitous sensor for outdoor robotics today. Again, kudos to you for challenging him on the indoor positioning problem for warehouse robots. That that was good by you. [01:08:05] S1: Yeah. I, Again, I think this is a huge market, as Aaron talked about, as they move beyond robotics into other areas, autonomous vehicles and what have you. And again, I think that's why it's time for them to bring all their customers together for that Fuse event that's happening in a few weeks. So this sounds like it's gonna be a great event.
01:08:25 · Steve Crowe
[01:08:25] S0: Yeah. Think it's the first time they're doing this, in in in Silicon Valley. I believe it's in San Francisco. Great lineup of folks there. So make sure you check that out. And make sure you check out The Robot Summit, Mike, Boston coming June second and third, twenty twenty seven. Again, we'll have over 5,000 people there, over two fifty exhibitors. We're looking for partners. We're looking for for speakers. We're looking for sponsors. Registration not quite ready to be opened at this point in time. But if you want to get involved, reach out to any one of us here at The Robot Report. We can help get you set up. If you want to be a speaker, make sure you apply. Send in a session proposal as soon as you can. We'll link to it in the show notes or you can go to the robotreport.com. You can see it there as well. But again, Robotics Summit Boston coming to the Hynes Convention Center in Downtown Boston, June second and third twenty twenty seven. You'll hear more from us as we get closer to that show. But, that's gonna do it for episode two sixty nine. Thanks again to everybody for tuning in to the show. Thanks to Aaron Nathan, the CEO of Point One for being our guest this week. Again, if you're interested, make sure you check out their Fuse event that's happening on November 19, in Silicon Valley to learn all things about outdoor positioning and navigation. They have a great lineup of speakers that are gonna be there. Also, you to Intel for sponsoring the podcast this month. New episodes of The Robot Report Podcast drop each week. You can find us anywhere you listen to your podcast. Please give us a review. Tell your friends about us. Really help us out. This episode was produced by Mike Oitzman. It was edited by Tyler Kubisti, our executive producer is Amanda Buenor. I'm Steve Crowe. Thanks so much folks for tuning in, and we will talk to you again next week.