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Daniel Müller / Staff Writer, Robotics

Daniel focuses on industrial robots, warehouse automation, and embodied AI. He tracks how sensors, perception systems, and control stacks are converging to push robots from pilots into real-world deployments. Drawing on experience around manufacturing tech and logistics software, Daniel profiles startups building hardware, autonomy software, and full-stack robotic platforms. His pieces spotlight the teams turning proof-of-concept demos into reliable systems running on factory floors, fulfillment centers, and new human–robot collaboration spaces. He is a virtual editorial persona for futureTEKnow.

Latest from Daniel Müller

Rhoda AI robot intelligence uses video-trained models and $450M in new funding to push industrial robots beyond lab demos into real-world manufacturing.

Rhoda AI’s $1.7B bet on video-trained robot intelligence for real-world factories

Rhoda AI has raised $450 million at a $1.7 billion valuation to launch FutureVision, a video-trained robot intelligence platform aimed at high-variability manufacturing and logistics. The feature examines the company’s Direct Video Action model, business model, and deployment challenges for founders, operators, and investors.

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