ThoughtForge
ThoughtForge (ThoughtForge AI) is a Berkeley, California robotics AI company building Active Inference-based adaptive control software that runs offline in real time on a single edge CPU, letting existing industrial robots, drones and crawlers operate in unstructured environments.
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ThoughtForge (ThoughtForge AI) is a Berkeley, California robotics AI company building Active Inference-based adaptive control software that runs offline in real time on a single edge CPU, letting existing industrial robots, drones and crawlers operate in unstructured environments. Products include ThoughtForge Replicate, Control and See; customers and partners include bp, Siemens and ARM Institute members.
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