PHOTOS: Robotics Invest 2025 panelists discuss physical AI, humanoids, and investment strategies

From Data to Intelligence - How Physical AI will Drive the Next Decade of Robotics - AJ Meyer, Pickle Robot founder & CEO; Sabrina Mansur, MassTech AI Hub director; and Shayegan Omidshafiei, Field AI chief scientific officer; moderated by Joanna Lichter, Emerson Collective associate director of venture capital. 
The panel discussed how AI for robotics applications differs from other types of AI, whether AI can serve as a differentiator when paired with off-the-shelf hardware, and best practices for training AI models on proprietary data collected from customers. 

Photo by Donald Halsing | Peerless Media

Physical AI and Data

From Data to Intelligence - How Physical AI will Drive the Next Decade of Robotics - AJ Meyer, Pickle Robot founder & CEO; Sabrina Mansur, MassTech AI Hub director; and Shayegan Omidshafiei, Field AI chief scientific officer; moderated by Joanna Lichter, Emerson Collective associate director of venture capital.

The panel discussed how AI for robotics applications differs from other types of AI, whether AI can serve as a differentiator when paired with off-the-shelf hardware, and best practices for training AI models on proprietary data collected from customers.

Photo by Donald Halsing | Peerless Media

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