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Infrastructure vs Intelligence
Markers and tape are training wheels. Vision-based autonomy uses natural features.
How it works
- 1Ask: does our product require the customer to change their environment to accommodate us?
- 2Eliminate dependencies on customer infrastructure wherever possible.
- 3Build systems that work in the world as it is, not as you wish it were.
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