Robotics | Multimodal AI for Intelligent Robots

Intelligent Navigation for Logistics and Warehousing

MediaTek enables autonomous mobile robots with edge AI, AI vision, and advanced connectivity for real-time navigation, obstacle avoidance, inventory movement, and warehouse automation. Our platforms help OEMs develop intelligent AMRs that improve operational efficiency while simplifying system design.

Deliver Intelligent Customer Experiences

MediaTek powers service robots with AI vision, multimodal AI, natural language interaction, and real-time edge computing. From retail, hospitality, healthcare, and commercial environments, our solutions enable robots to understand their surroundings, interact naturally with people, and deliver intelligent assistance.

Improve Accuracy with Intelligent Vision AI

MediaTek combines advanced multimedia, AI vision, and edge AI processing to enable robotic inspection systems for warehouses, commercial facilities, infrastructure, and public spaces. By processing high-resolution visual data locally, robots can detect anomalies, automate inspections, and improve operational safety and efficiency in real time.

Vertical Key Features

Extreme Edge AI Compute

Powerful multi-core CPUs, integrated GPUs, and advanced NPUs accelerate AI workloads for perception, navigation, object recognition, localization, path planning, and intelligent decision making in the era of Physical AI.

AI Vision and Multimodal Perception

Advanced image signal processing, support for multiple high-resolution cameras, and AI acceleration enable robots to interpret visual information, fuse data from multiple sensors, and understand complex environments for navigation, inspection, and human interaction.

Edge AI Processing

Enable next-generation robotics with low-latency edge AI that processes multimodal sensor and vision data locally, supporting agentic and physical AI applications that allow robots to perceive, reason, and respond autonomously in dynamic environments.

Advanced Multimedia and Rich I/O

Rich multimedia capabilities and extensive I/O support simplify integration with cameras, displays, vision systems, LiDAR, radar, motor controllers, and other intelligent sensors for sophisticated robotics platforms.

Seamless Wireless Connectivity

5G, 5G RedCap, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 6/6E/7, Bluetooth, and GNSS technologies enable reliable connectivity between robots, edge infrastructure, and cloud platforms for remote management, software updates, and intelligent operations.

Scalable Development Platform

Scalable MediaTek Genio & Genio Pro platforms, support for Android, Linux, and Yocto operating systems, and compatibility with leading AI frameworks and development tools, help accelerate development across a wide range of intelligent robotics applications.

Building intelligent robots requires more than AI compute alone. It requires advanced AI vision, multimedia, edge AI, and seamless connectivity working together. MediaTek brings these technologies together in a unified IoT platform that accelerates development of autonomous mobile robots, service robots, and inspection robots.

FAQs

How does edge AI robotics improve real-time decision-making?

Edge AI in robotics enables low-latency, on-device processing of perception, navigation, and decision-making workloads, reducing reliance on cloud processing. MediaTek combines multi-core CPUs, integrated GPUs, and advanced NPUs to accelerate AI tasks like object recognition, localization, path planning, and intelligent decision-making directly on the device.

How does edge AI improve navigation in industrial robotics?

MediaTek Genio IoT platforms enable autonomous robots with edge AI, AI vision, and advanced connectivity for real-time navigation, obstacle avoidance, inventory movement, and warehouse automation. This helps OEMs develop intelligent AMRs that improve operational efficiency in logistics and warehousing while simplifying system design for industrial robotics.

How can edge AI help robots perceive, reason, and respond autonomously?

Edge AI lets robots process sensor and vision data locally, so they can respond to their surroundings with lower latency. MediaTek Genio processors support AI vision, multimodal processing, and real-time AI workloads, helping robots perceive environments, reason & make decisions, and act autonomously.

How do I choose the right IoT platform for my robotics?

You should choose an IoT platform based on the robot’s AI workload, sensor and camera requirements, connectivity, I/O, and software needs. For example, MediaTek Genio supports a broad range of IoT robotics applications, while Genio Pro is built for demanding robotics applications with high-performance AI, advanced vision, rich I/O, and ROS (Robot Operating System) framework support.

What are the hardware requirements for building multimodal AI robots?

Multimodal AI robots need capable CPU, GPU, and NPU processing for AI workloads, along with camera and sensor support, rich I/O, and reliable connectivity. MediaTek's Genio platform combines these capabilities to support AI vision, multimodal perception, real-time processing, and robotics applications.

How do AI and sensor fusion help robots navigate complex environments?

AI and sensor fusion combine data from cameras and other sensors to help robots navigate complex environments. MediaTek’s Genio IoT platforms support this with advanced image signal processing, multi-camera support, AI acceleration, and rich I/O for sensors such as LiDAR and radar to streamline navigation in robotics applications.