#45 Kary Bheemaiah: Robotics Hype vs. Reality

Going Direct Conversations · Dec 16, 2025 · 1h 4m

I sit down with Kary Bheemaiah, VP and Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at Capgemini Invent, to unpack the real-world challenges behind next-generation robotics and industrial automation. We break down what actually happens when new robots hit messy, legacy production floors and the ugly economics of automation that most people never talk about. We also dive into Edge AI and why Kary firmly believes it’s the missing piece that will finally make generalized automation usable and deployable.

Topics we cover:

* How Edge AI acts as a “universal protocol translator” for legacy factories

* The…