Why perception is the key to scaling industrial autonomy
THE SO WHAT
As industrial autonomy shifts from single robots to coordinated fleets, perception quality becomes the real throughput limiter. If you’re deploying in warehouses, ports, or yards, prioritize vendors’ sensing and scene-understanding stacks over flashy manipulation demos.
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