# Edge AI

Running AI models on the device itself — a camera, a controller, a sensor hub — instead of the cloud. Why it matters: millisecond decisions, works offline, keeps sensitive data local. A $250 Jetson-class board now runs serious vision models.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/iot-robotics/8

_IoT & Robotics: AI in the Physical World — lesson 8 of 20 (DEFINITION)_

Running AI models on the device itself — a camera, a controller, a sensor hub — instead of the cloud. Why it matters: millisecond decisions, works offline, keeps sensitive data local. A $250 Jetson-class board now runs serious vision models.

Source: [NVIDIA Jetson — Edge AI](https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded-computing?utm_source=robauto)

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