Physical AI

CC is creating a new harmony between people and intelligent machines.

We’re at an extraordinary inflection point in our relationship with technology. Physical AI is bringing intelligence out of the digital world and into the physical one, creating machines that can perceive, understand and act alongside us.

At its most powerful, this technology supports and augments human capability. From humanoid and surgical robots to autonomous platforms and industrial systems, we’re creating physical AI that works so naturally alongside us that the technology itself begins to fade into the background of the everyday, allowing human expertise and ingenuity to come to the fore.

This isn’t a distant vision. At CC, we’re taking physical AI out of the lab and into operational reality, turning breakthrough deep tech into systems that transform industries, amplify human talent and enable people and intelligent machines to achieve more, together.

Technology that brings humanity forward

We’re designing physical AI that can work with people rather than simply for them. Through advances in human-robot interaction, we’ve shown how intelligent machines can communicate more naturally, understand non-verbal cues and adapt to their environment and context. It’s a shift towards technology that feels less like something people have to operate and more like a natural extension of their own capabilities.

Across healthcare, consumer, industry and beyond, physical AI can support skilled workforces, extend the reach of human expertise and bring new levels of precision and performance to demanding tasks. From supporting specialised surgeons to working alongside frontline operators, intelligent machines are beginning to integrate naturally into human workflows, amplifying what people do best while taking on tasks better suited to machines.

Physical AI in action

To work with people successfully, physical AI has to perceive and respond to an unpredictable physical world, interact safely with people, make decisions in real time and perform reliably again and again at scale.

That demands bringing together expertise across AI, robotics, simulation, connectivity, assurance and systems engineering to work as one, bridging the gap between a breakthrough in the lab and a system trusted to operate in the real world.

For decades, we’ve helped clients turn emerging technologies into market-defining products and services. Today, we’re bringing that breadth of deep tech expertise together to solve the defining challenges of physical AI and advance the technologies, systems and processes needed to make it real.

This is a moment to lead, not follow. Organisations that move decisively can shape how physical AI transforms their industry, build advantages that compound over time and create an impact that endures.

“There’s a wide chasm between flashy robotics demos and real-world, trusted deployment – we’re building the bridge.”

Tim Ensor

Head of Intelligent Services, Cambridge Consultants

Refining whole body control to bring the ‘physical’ to physical AI

RECOGNISED AT THE FOREFRONT

OF PHYSICAL AI

As the deep tech powerhouse of Capgemini, our physical AI capabilities are backed by the scale and expertise of a global leader recognised by Gartner as a Market Shaper in Physical AI Services – Established Vendors.

Where physical AI becomes real

Connected autonomy

Bringing together robotics, low-latency connectivity and edge AI so intelligent systems can perceive, decide and act in complex environments in real time.

Industrial automation

Creating intelligent robotic systems that work naturally within existing operations, adapt to real-world complexity and deliver dependable performance at industrial scale.

Surgical robotics

Advancing precision systems that extend the capabilities of clinicians, translating human expertise into more precise, intuitive and confident intervention.

Simulation and digital twins

Creating virtual worlds in which physical AI can learn, be challenged and proven before it enters the real one, accelerating development while reducing the risks of deployment at scale.

Shaping the conversation around Physical AI

Defense and security

A step change in AI-based robotics for military logistics

Our task was to rise to a challenge set by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), part of the UK government Ministry of Defence. The organisation sought innovations that would deliver a step change in military logistics capability across maritime, land and air domains.

Apr 11, 2022