The Missing Data Stack for Physical AI // MLOps Podcast #328 with Nikolaus West, CEO of Rerun.
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// Abstract
Nikolaus West, CEO of Rerun, breaks down the challenges and opportunities of physical AI—AI that interacts with the real world. He explains why traditional software falls short in dynamic environments and how visualization, adaptability, and better tooling are key to making robotics and spatial computing more practical.
// Bio
Niko is a second-time founder and software engineer with a computer vision background from Stanford. He’s a fanatic about bringing great computer vision and robotics products to the physical world.
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Timestamps:
[00:00] Niko's preferred coffee
[00:35] Physical AI vs Robotics Debate
[04:40] IoT Hype vs Reality
[12:16] Physical AI Lifecycle Overview
[20:05] AI Constraints in Robotics
[23:42] Data Challenges in Robotics
[33:37] Open Sourcing AI Tools
[39:36] Rerun Platform Integration
[40:57] Data Integration for Insights
[45:02] Data Pipelines and Quality
[49:19] Robotics Design Trade-offs
[52:25] Wrap up
