PyCon DE & PyData 2026

Annika Herbert

Annika Herbert is a Solution Architect in the AI & Data Unit at sovanta, working on data-driven and AI-powered solutions. With a background in Data Science, she enjoys making AI more approachable, tangible, and easy to explain, especially to non-technical audiences. Coming from a Python developer’s perspective, she likes to explore new fields through hands-on experimentation and learning by doing. Outside of work, she enjoys dancing, concerts, and baking chocolate-filled treats.


Session

04-16
14:00
30min
Letting AI Move: Robotics Demos Powered by Python
Larissa Haas, Annika Herbert

AI is sometimes hard to explain, especially for people outside of tech. With robots, AI becomes visible and tangible. In this talk we want to show how we can use Python and the huggingface reachy mini as an example to make AI more concrete, interactive, and engaging for beginners and non-experts.

PyCon: Embedded Systems & Robotics
Palladium [2nd Floor]