Intrinsic Moves Under Google to Expand Industrial Robotics Platform

• Intrinsic has become part of Google to scale its robotics software platform across enterprise manufacturing environments.
• The company will continue operating as a dedicated team, integrating Gemini models and Google Cloud while collaborating with Google DeepMind.

Intrinsic is moving into Google after launching in 2021 as an Alphabet Other Bet focused on robotics. The company says it has built an intelligent robotics platform for enterprise customers and has seen unprecedented growth in AI for robotics over the last two years. As part of Google, Intrinsic will operate as a distinct group within the company while continuing to evolve its platform.

Flowstate is Intrinsic’s web-based development environment and simulation engine, designed to make it easy to build applications using ready-to-use “building blocks of robotic behaviors” known as skills. These skills can be manually developed or AI-enabled, without the need for deep expertise and hundreds of programming hours. The platform supports building across different robots, cameras, sensors, AI models, and supporting hardware, allowing applications to move from simulation to real-world production with a few clicks and in a fraction of the time it usually takes.

Joining Google enables Intrinsic to utilize the capabilities of Gemini models and Cloud while working closely with Google DeepMind. The company says this will accelerate the rate of AI going from research to real-world production in accessible and practical ways, enabling industrial use cases in manufacturing and logistics.

🌀 Tom’s Take:

Intrinsic built the tooling layer for industrial robotics, but plugging directly into Gemini, Cloud, and DeepMind gives it access to the research pipeline and infrastructure needed to move faster and to push advanced AI into production environments at scale.

Source: Intrinsic