Gecko Robotics works with NVIDIA to add AI agent security and control
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Gecko using Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform to bound robot control is an early template for how industrial players will govern physical AI. If you run robots or heavy equipment, start mapping where you’d need similar guardrails before you let agents anywhere near actuators.
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