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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2025 · 44 MIN

Why Amazon Built a Spatula-Wielding Robot

from What's Your Problem? · host iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries

Aaron Parness is a director of applied science at Amazon Robotics. His problem is this: How do you build a robot that can put stuff on shelves.Today on the show, Aaron explains why this is a surprisingly hard problem – and why the solution Aaron’s team came up with may ultimately have uses beyond the warehouse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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