28 May 2026
Heath Blandford, Edge Impulse: Key edge AI trends for the embedded industry
In this interview, Heath Blandford, senior solutions engineer at Edge Impulse, discusses the 'incredible' speed in which edge AI has changed - with a nod to how physical AI, from robotics to autonomous vehicles, has taken off similarly. Yet for embedded systems, the natural constraints of the hardware do not always align with the North Star-type project ideas which come from executive teams. High-value benefits for simple solutions, Blandford notes, are what is really moving the needle. Blandford also discusses potential roadblocks and how cross-industry standardisation and interoperability can solve them.
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This video was filmed in April and previously posted for Microelectronics US, where Blandford was a speaker. Edge Impulse is a Gold sponsor of Microelectronics UK 2026.