AI in the Physical World: Robotics, Drones, and the Compute Behind It
Sertig 2 · Mountain Plaza Hotel
AI is moving from screens to physical systems. Robots work in factories, drones navigate environments, autonomous systems see and adapt in real time. Embodied AI puts intelligence into robotics for manufacturing and logistics, drones for inspection and delivery, autonomous vehicles, and sensor systems in agriculture and infrastructure.
What's working in production versus stuck in labs? Where are technical bottlenecks—real-time processing, safety standards, integration? Which applications make economic sense now versus 3-5 years out?
Behind every AI application is compute infrastructure. Topics include AI data center challenges—energy consumption, cooling, chip supply, real estate—and trade-offs between centralized cloud and edge computing. Where are infrastructure bottlenecks, and how do companies think about compute strategy?
Companies building embodied AI, robotics firms, data center operators, chip manufacturers, and infrastructure investors discuss what's scaling and where capital goes.
