Sept 25 - Berlin Physical AI, ML, and Computer Vision Meetup
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Join our in-person meetup to hear talks from experts on cutting-edge topics across AI, ML, and computer vision.
Date, Time and Location
Sep 25, 2026
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM CEST
w3.hub, Möckernstraße 120, 10963 Berlin, Germany
One Pipeline, Any Device: Swap the Reader, Not the Pipeline
Every new robot, camera, or sensor vendor in physical AI usually means rebuilding the data pipeline from scratch, even though the features you actually need, a calibrated frame, a fused object distance, stay the same. This talk demos mloda, an open-source Python framework where a feature pipeline is written once, and only the reader plugin, the small piece that knows how to read one specific device's raw format, ever changes.
Live, using two small synthetic datasets shaped like two different devices' raw output (no hardware involved), I run the same pipeline against both, swapping only the reader plugin, and show the calibration, fusion, and feature extraction steps running unmodified on either. I also show OpenTelemetry lineage tracing, so when a feature looks wrong, you can trace it straight back to the raw reading that produced it, regardless of which device it came from.
The point: stop rebuilding your data pipeline for every new device, reuse it.
About the Speaker
Tom Kaltofen is a Berlin-based data and AI engineer and the creator of mloda, an open-source (Apache-2.0) Python framework for declarative, plugin-based data access in AI workflows.
Toward the best ROI: choosing algorithms for AI-powered workstations
Robots are becoming smarter and more affordable—but which automation projects actually deliver a return on investment? Drawing on RemBrain’s real-world experience across delivery, retail, construction, and manufacturing, this presentation reveals why many promising robotics concepts fail to become viable products.
It introduces a practical, skill-based approach to flexible automation and shows how compact AI-powered workstations can achieve payback in as little as 6–12 months. The talk also explores where Vision-Language-Action models create genuine value—and where simpler, proven technologies remain more effective.
Honest, numbers-driven discussion with an algorithm focus.
About the Speaker
Anton Maltsev Started working with Computer Vision in 2010. From 2017 to 2022, I was Head of ML at Cherry Labs, which was acquired by Artisight. Now CSO at Rembrain.
Building Real-World Computer Vision Systems
This talk will explore practical workflows for building, evaluating, and improving modern computer vision systems. We'll dive into real-world approaches to dataset curation, model analysis, multimodal AI workflows, and production-ready vision pipelines using open-source technologies.
The session is designed for engineers, researchers, and AI practitioners looking to better understand how teams are developing and scaling computer vision applications today. Expect practical demos, technical insights, and discussions around the evolving AI tooling ecosystem.
About the Speaker
Dan Gural leads technical partnerships at Voxel51, where he's building the Physical AI Workbench, a platform that connects real-world sensor data with realistic simulation to help engineers better understand, validate, and improve their perception systems.