Robots & Physical AI: Explained
cxotalk.com, Monday, January 12th, 2026
Hexagon CTO Burkhard Boeckem separates hype from reality on physical AI, robotics, and digital twins, exploring what it actually takes to deploy autonomous systems when failure isn't an option, on CXOTalk episode 905.
When AI moves from the cloud to the factory floor, the stakes change completely. A chatbot that hallucinates is annoying; a robot that hallucinates is dangerous. In this episode, Burkhard Boeckem, CTO of Hexagon AB, examines what it actually takes to build AI systems that operate in the physical world, where guessing isn't an option and failure has real consequences.