Shoutout to the demo booth at the Toronto tech expo that let a robot arm make me a coffee
Watched a vision system sort 40 random objects in under 10 seconds without a single miss, and it was running off a $200 camera. Why are we still pretending AI is only for big companies with big budgets?
Funny how a robot arm pouring coffee and a cheap camera out-sorting a warehouse crew gets a shrug, but the second someone says AI at a board meeting everyone acts like it costs a million bucks. That $200 vision setup doing 40 for 40 in under 10 seconds is the part people should be losing their minds over. Guess the big budget myth is easier to keep alive than actually testing a cheap camera on your own line. Your mileage may vary, but I'd bet half these companies already own the gear and just never plugged it in.