This Is Robotics: Radio News #38 (May 2025)

THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT OVERARCHING ROBOT-BASED THEMES FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2025DON’T MISS THIS PODCAST!The one podcast that will catch you up, inform you, and get you ready for the future of manufacturing, jobs and careers, robotics, artificial intelligence, and Gen Z, the generation that is the most aware, well-adapted, and emotionally ready to create an out-sized impact on the future. Any new technology that happens along that ends up amplifying industrial robotics is a benefit to the entire industry, every other industry, and its people.  When it comes to robotics and its impact on our world and all of our futures, especially for the industrialized nations of the world, five critical issues seem to predominate and are currently settling in across America…and creating a lot of sparks as they do. Five issues that might well define our success or failure in automating our world. Each is moving into prominence, and each forms a news topic for this Episode #38 of This Is Robotics.Here's how we at This Is Robotics see overarching themes or topics affecting the future:1. Manufacturing vs. Big Trouble No country is ever successful in the long term without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base. Why is America’s in decline? Why did America give up on these: Telegraph, telephone, TV, transistor, digital computer, robot, home refrigerator, air conditioning, kitchen stove, microwave oven, and even the ubiquitous pop-up toaster, the list goes on and on, ingenious and life-changing products, all, once upon a time, imprinted with Made in America, but “no longer” and haven’t been for decades. Trillions of dollars in annual GDP America gave away for a song, never to return. 2. Layoffs vs. Jobs The most unnerving two words for nearly everyone on the planet3. The Three Amigos of Artificial Intelligence: GenAI vs. Physical AI vs. Agentic AI 4. Humanoids vs. Industrial Robots      Don’t get overly bedazzled with humanoids just yet. And don’t overlook industrial robots. Remember the frenzy and billions spent on self-driving cars (still no Level 5) beginning in 2011?    5. Gen Z vs. No One  Gen Z, all 72 million of them, born between 1997 and 2012 are inheriting the nation…and already looking and acting like beneficial stewards of the nation’s future. Our age is at a fascinating juncture for these five overarching themes for 2025. Please join us to see how each fit into our robotic future. Welcome to This Is Robotics. “You’re Going to Love What You Hear!”Heartfelt Thanks for Making This Is Robotics the #1 Global Robotics News PodcastHeartfelt Thanks for Making This Is Robotics the #1 Global Robotics News Podcast