Automotive and Mobile Built the Processors That Made Humanoids Possible | Pras Velagapudi

Years of actuation work, plus chips designed for phones and cars. Agility Robotics' CTO on why now. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Pras Velagapudi, CTO at Agility Robotics, explains the convergence of technologies making humanoid robots viable: years of actuation development, plus processors made dramatically more power-efficient and dense by the automotive and mobile industries. He names the customers already running robots in real work environments. KEY FINDINGS • Multiple long-running technologies converging simultaneously • Years of development in actuation and physical systems • Automotive and mobile industries driving processor efficiency and density • Nvidia's work as a further enabling trend • Existing customers including GXO and Schaeffler • A newly signed customer in Mercado Libre • Robots doing real tasks in real work environments FEATURING Pras Velagapudi, CTO, Agility Robotics FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/pras-velagapudi-agility-robotics-convergence Recorded at the Humanoids Summit for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — ROBOTICS & AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own collective result live, and every attendee leaves with a ninety-day plan they helped build. Every year I interview more than 500 senior leaders on camera: scientists, opera