Beyond The Bench

What if simulations that normally take a week on thousands of CPUs could run in seconds? In this episode of Beyond the Bench, we sit down with Greg Fallon (CEO of Geminus AI) to explore how physical AI is transforming industries—from oil refineries to power plants—by combining physics-based simulations with machine learning.
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Legacy PLC systems power most of modern manufacturing—but they weren’t designed for interoperability, intelligence, or scale. In this episode, Roby Lynn (CEO & Co-Founder of R2 Labs) walks through how a software-defined, edge-native control layer can augment existing automation systems with AI, real-time data processing, and cross-system communication.

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In this solo episode of Beyond the Bench, Peridio CEO Bill Brock breaks down one of the biggest bottlenecks in robotics and physical AI: the operating system layer.As AI models move from the cloud into physical machines, companies are deploying more compute directly onto devices like Nvidia Jetson, Raspberry Pi, and other embedded systems. But once teams move beyond early prototypes, a difficult reality emerges. Connect with Bill - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbrock25/Talk to Peridio - https://www.peridio.com/contact

In this episode of Beyond the Bench, Bill Brock sits down with Rob Callaghan, Chief Product Officer at Connect Tech, about what actually changes when edge AI and robotics move from prototype to production. They cover why hardware still breaks outside the lab, how NVIDIA’s Thor platform shifts the x86 vs Jetson decision, and where teams underestimate the jump from a handful of units to real fleets at scale.

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In this episode of Beyond the Bench, Bill Brock is joined by his co-founder, Justin Schneck, Chief Product Officer at Peridio and creator of Avocado OS, for a deep dive into what it actually takes to ship and scale NVIDIA Jetson devices in production.NVIDIA has unlocked an incredible wave of physical AI. Jetson makes it easy to prototype. Jetpack makes it easy to get started. But once teams move from a few devices on a desk to hundreds or thousands in the field, the cracks start to show.

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In this episode of Beyond the Bench, Bill Brock interviews Ari Eisenstein, co-founder and CTO of Pickle Robotics. They discuss the evolution of robotics and AI, focusing on Pickle's innovative approach to logistics automation. Ari shares insights into the challenges of deploying robots in real-world environments, the importance of AI in enhancing robotic functionality, and the company's vision for a future where robotics can generalize tasks across various settings.

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In this episode of Beyond the Bench, host Bill Brock sits down with Art Tkachenko, Head of Software at Hubble Network, to explore a groundbreaking shift in connectivity.

Art shares how Hubble Network enables standard Bluetooth chips to communicate directly with satellites, unlocking global coverage for low-power IoT devices—without requiring expensive or complex infrastructure. They dive into the company’s founding vision, early technical challenges, and the real-world use cases already benefiting from this technology.

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In this episode, Bill sits down with Robert Otręba of Grinn, a Poland-based embedded engineering company operating for nearly 18 years. Robert shares how Grinn grew from a two-person startup into a 70-engineer team specializing in system-on-modules (SOMs), embedded Linux, and high-speed hardware design.

In this episode of Beyond the Bench, Bill Brock sits down with Dhruv Diddi, Founder of Solo Tech, to explore how Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models are transforming robotics.

Dhruv breaks down how these models enable robots to see, understand, and act, bridging AI and the physical world. The conversation covers real-world training challenges, hardware integration, and the rise of open-source robotics powered by edge AI and community innovation.

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In this episode of Beyond the Bench, host Bill Brock talks with Henrik Flodell, Senior Marketing Director at Alif Semiconductor, a company redefining embedded AI. They discuss how AI is evolving in the semiconductor industry and how Alif’s architecture - combining neural processing units (NPUs) with microcontroller cores, enables low-power, hardware-accelerated intelligence at the edge.

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