VLC creator Jean-Baptiste Kempf launches Kyber to control robots in real time
Tags OSS · Infrastructure · Robotics
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the French open-source legend who created the VLC media player, has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer for real-time remote device control targeting robotics and IoT applications. Kyber aims to solve the latency and reliability challenges of controlling physical systems over networks, drawing on Kempf's experience optimizing video streaming at scale. The startup represents a rare case of an open-source veteran applying consumer-grade reliability engineering to the physical AI and robotics space.
Technical significance
Kyber addresses a critical bottleneck in physical AI: reliable, low-latency remote control of devices. If Kempf's team can achieve for robotics what VLC did for video playback — making complex streaming reliable and accessible — it could become foundational infrastructure for the growing remote-operation and telepresence robotics market.