No Ctrl+Z: What physical AI changes on the warehouse floor – We Talk IoT #90

Warehouses run on data, yet that data often lags behind reality. The system shows a pallet on the shelf. The shelf stands empty.

In this episode, Oana Jinga, co-founder and Chief Commercial and Product Officer of Dexory, explains what physical AI means. Digital AI is really good at giving answers, physical AI needs to sense, reason and act in the real world. And pressing Ctrl+Z is not an option.

Dexory’s robots reach up to 18 metres, scan between 10,000 and 12,000 pallet locations an hour with cameras and lidar, and feed a live digital twin of the warehouse. Oana describes a site where 350 picking robots kept stalling at empty locations. A month after Dexory started scanning continuously, the site posted three record days.

We also discuss who signs off on warehouse automation, why scaling from one site to hundreds is the real test for physical AI start-ups, and why Dexory sees its future as a data company rather than a robot maker.

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Summary of this week’s episode:

01:20 From a home robot to the warehouse floor

03:11 What physical AI means – and why there is no Ctrl+Z

04:44 Sense, reason, act: physical AI in the warehouse

06:06 What warehouse management systems miss

07:26 Data-driven automation vs conveyor belts and picking robots

09:33 The universal problem: data that is worse than you think

11:23 Use case: 350 picking robots and three record days

14:12 Why warehouse space is the industry’s currency

15:46 A 24/7 shift: 18 metres, cameras and lidar

18:02 Built to blend in on the warehouse floor

19:18 Adoption: who decides and what convinces them

20:47 The most common objection

21:34 The real test: scaling from one site to hundreds

23:21 How warehouse workers react to the robot

25:22 From robotics company to data company

27:44 Global customers and messy spaces

 

Show notes:

Oana Jinga: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oanajinga/

Dexory: https://www.dexory.com/

Read more about connected devices and physical AI: https://my.avnet.com/silica/resources/article/from-connected-devices-to-physical-ai/

 

Listen to the "We Talk IoT" Soundtrack on:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/05MOV4OV2MH2in2txsAGtG?si=ad08112cb8d443f4

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-NvQ6VJYtE&list=PLLqgVFfZhDRVYmpEqbgajzDvGL4kACRDp

 

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