Ultra-Reliable Wireless For Your Physical And Mobile AI Devices
Techstrong.IT, Thursday, February 12th, 2026
In the middle of a busy warehouse, a robot pauses. It's not because the battery is dead or the route is blocked. It's because the wireless signal dipped for a fraction of a second while it was switching between access points.
In the world of 'Physical AI', where machines move, pick, and navigate in real-time, that tiny stutter isn't just a nuisance. It's a safety hazard and a total productivity killer. Cisco maintains that if we want AI to leave the data center and actually operate in the physical world, the network must change.
We aren't just talking about faster internet for your laptop. We're discussing a shift toward Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (URWB) and Wi-Fi 7, designed specifically for mobile use, presented by the Cisco Enterprise Networking team at AI Infrastructure Field Day.