Josh Cook, a Microsoft MVP, says Apps in Copilot Studio is now in public preview. You describe what you need, refine the draft by chat, connect approved data, test, then publish and share. This is how a plant or sales team could build a small internal app without a developer.
Rajat Bhageria argues a robot that does one task at 99.9% can be worth more than one that does 100 tasks at 70%, because at 70% "you don't even get a sales call." It's a fair test for any AI tool pitched to an operation. The episode is sponsored by CoreWeave.
At SCSP's AI+ Robotics Summit, FANUC America's Michael Cicco described physical AI as a standard robot paired with a much larger AI model. He said independent safety layers matter when AI directs machines, and that robot technicians should be treated as a skilled trade.
Ilir Aliu, who NVIDIA invited, lists GTC Berlin sessions that include Mercedes-Benz on factory robotics and a panel with Sereact, Agile Robots, Wandelbots and Dexory on European robotics, where he wants to hear what they actually deploy.