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.
An MCP server that checks a PLC's online state, snapshots data block values and captures monitored watch tables, so nobody has to take screenshots by hand. It's early, tested against a fake TIA Portal and once against a real PLC.
For controls engineers: let an assistant see what the PLC is actually doing while you debug.