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Core Matter Podcast
by Michelle Sun
Discussions with founders and operators on the full stack of Physical AI from components and supply chains to what actually deploys. read.corematter.com
Episodes
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What Tesla and Figure Reveal About Robot Hands | Scott Walter, Robotics Research Diligence Director, RoboStrategy
In this episode, I speak with Scott Walter, PhD, Robotics Research Diligence Director at RoboStrategy. We started with Tesla and Figure’s opposing experiences with tendon-driven humanoid hands, then spent more than an hour pulling apart what a robotic hand actually needs to do. Scott is a...
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The Hand That Wouldn't Quit: Inside Prensilia's Grip on Durability | Francesco Clemente, Managing Director, Prensilia
Prensilia says its Mia hand survived 300,000 grasp cycles at full grip force in company testing, closing in 280 milliseconds. Francesco Clemente, Managing Director of Prensilia, walks through why fingers fail before motors and gears do, why the company left tendon-driven transmissions for rigid...
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Why America Still Picks Fruit by Hand: Farm Labor, Field Robotics, and the Economics of Agricultural Automation | Danny Bernstein, CEO, Reservoir
In this episode, I speak with Danny Bernstein, CEO of Reservoir. American farms advertised more than 400,000 seasonal positions in 2025 and received 182 domestic applications. That number sits underneath every agricultural robotics company raising money today.Danny spent close to 20 years in...
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Giving Physical AI the Sense of Touch: Tactile Sensing, Humanoid Dexterity, and the Future of Automation | Youssef Benmokhtar, CEO, GelSight
What is tactile sensing in robotics? Tactile sensing converts physical contact into data a robot can use. In GelSight's vision-based approach, a camera reads how a soft surface deforms and produces detailed information about contact geometry. What is holding robot manipulation back? In this...
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Who actually flies to Shenzhen for robot parts, and what each of them wants | Jasmine Bai, Vice General Manager, FAIR Plus
In this episode of Core Matter, we covered how Europeans, Southeast Asians, and Americans behave differently when they come to Shenzhen, where demand is concentrated in the physical AI supply chain, and why a German robotics company moved R&D to Shenzhen. Joining me is Jasmine Bai, Vice General...
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How Shenzhen actually works, a ground-level primer with Seeed Studio founder Eric Pan
Hi all, I’m excited to share the first episode of the Core Matter Podcast. This one was recorded live in Shenzhen during my trip back in June. Joining me is Eric Pan, one of the founding figures of China’s maker movement and the AI hardware partner behind many global makers’ products. He founded...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Discussions with founders and operators on the full stack of Physical AI from components and supply chains to what actually deploys.
read.corematter.com
HOSTED BY
Michelle Sun
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Discussions with founders and operators on the full stack of Physical AI from components and supply chains to what actually deploys. read.corematter.com
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