Going Vertical: Robotic Vision Hardware to an Education Robot and Cloud Platform

Luxonis has a grand vision, and they’re doing it in a smart way. CEO Bradly Dillon from Luxonis speaks on depth cameras, a robot for education, and a robot app store. Those interested in sensors and robotics business models will especially enjoy this interview.

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EPISODE LINKS:
– Luxonis’ website: https://www.luxonis.com/}
– Luxonis’ X: https://twitter.com/luxonis}
– Luxonis’ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/luxonis/}
– Luxonis on Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/luxonis}
– Bradley Dillon’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradley–dillon/}
– RobotHub: https://www.luxonis.com/robothub}
– RAE robot Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/opencv/rae–0}

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OUTLINE:
– (0:00:00) Start
– (0:01:10) Introducing Bradley and Luxonis
– (0:08:24) Luxonis’s cameras
– (0:15:20) New Kickstarter
– (0:17:24) Introducing Rae robot
– (0:23:09) Price point + education robots
– (0:30:27) How they get 3D info: Active stereo
– (0:36:36) Programming Rae + RobotHub
– (0:53:44) How RobotHub works
– (1:04:13) Security on RobotHub
– (1:10:13) Future of Luxonis
– (1:14:19) Funding
– (1:17:44) Manufacturing + supply chain issues
– (1:22:11) Having a global team
– (1:28:47) Future of robotics
– (1:31:59) Links to share

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