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The Robot Report Podcast — 263 episodes

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From Teach-and-Repeat to SelfPath AI: The next robotics leap

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How software-defined manufacturing fits into real factory operation

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How Protolabs turns CAD files into parts in under 24 hours

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Building robots that survive the warehouse

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FCC robot ruling shines a spotlight on U.S. policy; how next-gen AI can help warehousing

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Unlocking the Power of Time Series Databases for Industrial and Robotic Systems

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Transforming Solar Construction Through Robotics with Deise Yumi Asami

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How Path Robotics uses AI to optimize robotic welding

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Automate 2026 Show Recap

10

Insights Behind Kinisi’s Acquisition by Bear Robotics

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Deep Dive into Arm’s Physical AI and Robotics Strategies with Drew Henry

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AI in Warehousing: Akash Gupta's vision for the future

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Why deterministic real-time systems are more critical than ever in robotics

14

2026 Robotics Summit Recap

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Exploring PLC and Robot Integration with YRG Robotics Chris Elston

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Why the World’s Most Successful Robotics Founders Are Systems Thinkers

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Why Traditional Robotics Data Collection Is Obsolete and What Replaces It

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Inside Colin Angle’s bid to build companion robots with Familiar Machines & Magic

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The Art of Crossing the Chasm: When Is a Startup Ready for Enterprise Adoption?

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From Sci-Fi to Reality: Physical AI's Future with Dr. Jan Liphardt

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MODEX 2026 Recap

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Transforming Asset Management with Physical AI

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The future of RealSense 3D vision with Chris Matthieu

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Arthur Erickson on how Hylio drones are revolutionizing agriculture

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Building Tomorrow: How Bedrock Robotics is Changing the Construction Industry

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Ed Mehr on Transforming Manufacturing at Machina Labs

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Plug-and-Play AI: Transforming Robotics with Modular Skills

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AI's Role in the Future of Robotics: Insights from 3Laws

29

Ghost Robotics: Innovating for Safety

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Manifest 2026 Recap

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Robot development from Actuators to AI

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Road to Rail: Slashing Costs and Carbon with Automation

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Thomas Pilz on Innovation and Safety in Robotics

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Spencer Krause: Why Hardware is the New Engineering Frontier

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CES 2026 robotics recap; 2026 predictions

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Robotics in Review: Editors look back at 2025

37

From Combat to Space: Mike LeBlanc on Humanoid Robotics

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Inside Glacier's Mission to Modernize Recycling

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Kristian Kassow: A Pioneer in the Cobot Industry

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Micropolis and the Future of Robotics in Dubai

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Designing Space Robots

42

The Power of STEM: Shaping the Next Generation

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How ODW Logistics is Innovating with Automation

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FIRA 2025 Ag robotics recap

45

RoboBusiness 2025 Recap

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Edge Computing and AI: A Conversation with Ben Wolff

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Adrian Stoch: Driving Hai Robotics' U.S. expansion

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Robots, mergers and acquisitions with Peter Finn

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Performance-Guided Surgery: Robots in the operating room

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From Teleoperation to Autonomy: Inside Boston Dynamics' Atlas Training

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Robots and Regulations: Transforming the Cannabis Industry

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Inside Singapore's Physical AI Revolution

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The startup journey, from prototype to production

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Beyond Manufacturing: AI-Powered Robotics and the Long Tail of Commercial Innovation

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The State of Humanoids: Where is the market headed?

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The Robot Revolution: Top 10 robots of all time

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Exploring the future of humanoid robotics with Novanta

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Reaching New Heights: The Giraffe Robot's impact on warehouse efficiency

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Trends in Supply Chain Robotics with John Santagate

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Farmer-First Future: Agtonomy's Approach to Smart Agriculture

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The Road Ahead for Robotics: Insights from Motional's Major and Foundation's Pathak

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Celebrating 200 Episodes; Evolution of robotics in space exploration

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How Robotics is Changing the Apparel Industry

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Building a U.S.-based supply chain

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Persona AI developing industrial humanoid

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ICRA Recap; OSRF on ROS 1 Sunset

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Automate 2025 Recap

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Safety and Efficiency in Robotics Design

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Live from the 2025 Robotics Summit

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The Future of Safety in Robotics with Ouster

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Vibration Control in Manufacturing & Robotics

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Building a Universal Robotics Platform with BOW

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RBR50 recap: Spotlight on robotics innovation

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Ali Kashani on the Future of Last-Mile Logistics

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Recap: Promat and GTC 2025 show highlights

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Wandlebots on the future of robot programming

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Navigating the US Robotics Market: Strategies for Success

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The Robotics Factory Builds Robot Companies

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How Apptronik is accelerating the humanoid robot race

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Precision Farming: Bridging the Connectivity Gap

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Using Drones to improve wildfire and forest management

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Warehouse automation trends with John Santagate

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UR+: The Ecosystem of Collaborative Automation

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Navigating the world of manufacturing logistics with FlexQube

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2024 year in review: bold bets and dashed dreams

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Unleashing the potential of AI in robotics

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Funding the next wave of robotics

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The Wild Robot: Where Nature Meets Technology with Peter Brown

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Nuro navigates to fully autonomous driving

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AI at the Edge: How perception and AI are shaping mobile robotics

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The ABB Edge: Using AI and Robotics to Transform Industries

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Who Let the Robodogs Out? Meet Swiss-Mile's wheeled quadruped

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New Atlas video; Climbing to new heights in warehouse automation with BionicHive

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Practical Applications of Embodied AI and Humanoid Robots

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RoboBusiness 2024 recap

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Navigating Robotics Through the Political Landscape

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Inside 1x's plan to test humanoids in homes

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Drone Week: Innovation in agriculture and hydrogen-fueled drones

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Kinisi Robotics on the potential of wheeled humanoids

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Yarbo brings robots to the backyard

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Unpacking Amazon’s unique Covariant AI deal

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Ask an Expert: Versaflex conveyors with mk North America

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Counting inventory with Nokia AIMS smart drone technology

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Driving the transformation of the robotics industry

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New dimensions in warehouse automation

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The State of Warehouse Automation

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Advancing the World of Construction Robotics

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Making robots easier to program and deploy

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Pushing the limits of warehouse inventory management

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Advancing the capabilities and standards of indoor and outdoor autonomous systems

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Gathering warehouse inventory data - plus a look at Electrocraft motion solutions

112

The inside scoop on food manufacturing with Chef Robotics

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Configuring the future of robotics

114

2024 Robotics Summit recap / Interviews with RBR50 Winners

115

From the barn to the bar: AI powered robots

116

2024 RBR50 Innovation Awards

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Team and TAM, the keys to investing in robotics

118

NVIDIA GTC24 and R-24 recap

119

MODEX 2024 recap

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Cutting Edge: AI-Powered Landscaping with Electric Sheep

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Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga's autonomous harvesting robots

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Warehouse automation update with Fetch Robotics and Anyware Robotics

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3 Laws robot safety and the evolution of bipedal locomotion

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A look at Zipline's future & the design of the Zip's Droid

125

What's next for iRobot?

126

Update on AgTech automation at CNHI

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2023 year in review: GenAI, humanoids dominate robotics industry

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RoboBusiness Pitchfire winner Glidance helping sight-impaired individuals regain their independence

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Inside the state of warehouse automation

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The Future of Surgery: The long path to market for surgical robots with Adam Sachs from Vicarious

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Tangram launches new HiFi 3D sensor; Next Generation Robotics on the cutting edge of optimization

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Motion control with GAM Enterprises and wireless power with CaPow

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Eaches picking with Brightpick mobile manipulators at Brightpick

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Kate Darling on the Future of Robotics and AI Ethics

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RGO Robotics and Verizon on the future of robotics perception and AI compute on the edge

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Daniel Theobald on funding early startups and the future for ag robotics

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TRI using generative AI to teach robots; Four Growers on developing harvesting robots

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Agility Robotics' Melonee Wise on role of humanoids

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Outrider CEO on yard automation; Here come GPT-based cobot arms

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Shaping the Future: Apptronik CEO Jeff Cardenas and the Apollo Humanoid

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ANYbotics ANYmal quadruped with Enzo Wälchli

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Trends in warehouse automation

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Aerobotix integrates robots that inspect, prepare, and paint combat aircraft

144

Marc Raibert on the future of robotics

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ABB Robotics President Marc Segura discusses current and future of robotics

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Victor Splittgerber discusses European AMR market and recaps Logimat Show

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Relay Robotics launches expanded cargo Relay2 robot

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Roberta Nelson Shea: 2023 Joseph Engelberger Robotics Award winner

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Figure raises $70M to build humanoid robots

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Cloud based robotic fleet management and control

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Fox Robotics trailer unloading and Canvas wall finishing robots

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Christine Boles discusses key robotics technology from Intel

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Bonus Edition - 2023 RBR50 Review

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Autonomous vehicle technology deep dive at John Deere and Zoox

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ProMat 2023 robotics recap

156

Silicon Valley Bank closed by FDIC

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Dejan Pangercic on ROS based autonomous vehicle software

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Ted Larson from OLogic shares robot development stories

159

Robots and automation at the World Ag Expo 2023

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ASTM's Aaron Prather on standards and evaluating new robots

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Editors Pick: Best Robots of CES 2023; Boston Dynamics Atlas video review

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2022 in Review: The Year in Robotics

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Developing policies for cops using robots with lethal force

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Nic Radford on developing underwater robots; Celebrating 100 episodes

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A conversation with the founders of RobOpsCon; a robo dog fight breaks out over patents

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Inside Samantha Johnson's quest to build robots for deafblind people

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Argo AI shuts down; Covariant CEO discusses new RaaS performance

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Viam opens beta of new robotics platform; Amazon/FedEx end testing of delivery robots

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Tesla Optimus demo; Markus Schmidt from Swisslog on the future of warehouse automation

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Victor Darolfi, CEO of RoboTire, puts robots in the auto shop

171

RoboBusiness and Field Robotics Forum Preview

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Commercial UAV update; Product leadership at Bershire Grey with Kishore Boyalakuntla

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AI: chipset bans and keeping humans in the loop

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Airports test self-driving passenger pods; Chili's pauses robotics pilot

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Joe Speed update on Indy Autonomous Challenge; Skyline Robotics automates skyscraper window cleaning

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The state of robotics investment

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Amazon to acquire iRobot; Robotics at DHL with Sally Miller

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Jenga robot creator reviews chess-playing robot flaws

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Inside the development of Labrador Systems' assistive robots

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Brian Gerkey from Open Robotics discusses the development of ROS

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Anders Beck introduces the UR20; California bans autonomous tractors

182

Niels Jul Jacobsen, CEO, Capra Robotics; Spider-Man Robot Fail

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Jeremiah Robison from Cionic creates bionic clothing to help patients walk better

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Scythe Robotics CEO Jack Morrison discusses autonomous mowing

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State of robotic perception with RGo Robotics' Amir Bousani

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Robotics Summit 2022 recap

187

Agility Robotics gets a boost from Amazon; The US Alliance of Robotics Clusters is born

188

A Review of the 2022 RBR50 Innovation Awards

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Willy Pell from Blue River Technology brings AI to the farm

190

MODEX Recap; Family-owned business turns to cobots for help

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Black I Robotics launches mobile heavy lift robot arm

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Mark Messina on the future of warehouse automation

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Cruise's VP of robotics on SF robotaxi operations

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OTTO Motors future in automotive; MARS Perseverance anniversary

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Savioke Relay+ rides the elevator; World Ag Expo Robotics

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Open source visualization and debugging for robotics

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APEX.AI discusses autonomous vehicle OS's; Nearly $1B in funding announcements

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Steve Crowe, Dan Kara and Mike Oitzman look to the year ahead in robotics

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Steve Crowe, Mike Oitzman and Dan Kara review the top robotics stories of 2021

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Massrobotics and AWS Robotics join forces; New Savioke Relay+

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Esben Østergaard: EU AI Act will stifle robotics innovation

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Dexterity founder Samir Menon; 2 SPACs fall apart due to China tech crackdown

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Decommissioning chemical missiles with robots

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Interview with IAC race winner Team TUM

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Is Softbank Robotics Europe for Sale?; Melonee Wise on Fetch's New AMRs

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AMRs & Logistics Conference Recap; Pitney Bowes on Autonomous Sorting

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Jon Hirschtick from Onshape/PTC; Favorite robotics startups of 2021

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Amazon Astro underwhelms robotics community; Vicarious Surgical CEO Adam Sachs

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Inside Locus Robotics’ acquisition of Waypoint Robotics

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Four robot companies pull in $531M in funding; Interview with Photoneo CTO, Tomas Kovacovsky

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George Konidaris on Realtime Robotics future; Intel LiDAR update

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RightHand’s Yaro Tenzer on robotic piece-picking; Waymo’s SF expansion

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Latest on Intel RealSense; Tesla Bot; Stratom supports the troops

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The Future of Autonomous Tractors

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State of hiring in the robotics market with Jeff Chapman

216

Inside ABB’s acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics

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Claus Risager on disinfection robots and growing Blue Ocean Robotics

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Softbank distancing itself from Pepper, AutoStore's Mike Demko, robotics industry services

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A Review of the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards

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Find out whats going on in the world of robot operations

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Passenger of confused Waymo robotaxi discusses what went wrong

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Surging North American robot shipments; wireless charging future

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Ken Goldberg on robotic grasping; Carbon Robotics’ new weeding robot

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The Evolution of RE2 Robotics

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Boston Dynamics' VP of Product Engineering on Developing Stretch

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Agribotics with Suma Reddy; Space Lasers; The Truth About Tesla FSD

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Juan Aparicio, Enrico Krog Iversen on improving robotics ease of use

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Investor's Perspective on State of Robotics; Apologizing to Boston Dynamics

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Rick Faulk on Locus Robotics' potential IPO; Robots Have Landed on Mars

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Tertill CEO Helen Greiner; Can Aurora catch Waymo?

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Designing robot arms to survive lunar nights; Waymo 'no plans' to expand in Ariz.

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Jeff Burnstein on robot sales growth; Softbank’s evolving robotics play

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FAA’s landmark approval for American Robotics & its impact on drones

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Teradyne's acquisition strategy & the future of cobots

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How AMP Robotics is changing recycling; Festo wins GM gripper challenge

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Boston Dynamics talks about its big year, Hyundai acquisition

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Why did Aurora buy Uber ATG?; Robotics thriving in Pittsburgh

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Autonomous submarines for ocean exploration; drone autonomy with Exyn Technologies

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Dextrous Robotics exits stealth; how robots impact the future of work

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Why Softbank is shopping Boston Dynamics; FedEx's Aaron Prather

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Inside the Bossa Nova-Walmart fallout; autonomous yard trucks with Outrider

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Inside Canada’s robotics ecosystem, world’s spookiest robots, Miso’s restaurant robots

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Fictiv’s Dave Evans on designing robots for manufacturability; inside Jibo’s revival

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What's next for Waymo's robotaxis, Dusty Robotics' Tessa Lau, robotic prosthetics with Coapt

245

Demystifying China’s robotics industry, Motional talks robotaxis, TRI previews kitchen robot

246

Amazon’s security drone, life-size Gundam & robotic-assisted surgery

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Sarcos’ Ben Wolff, Uber ATG low on fuel, ROS on Spot

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Black in Robotics’ Ayanna Howard, Monroe Kennedy III on diversity & inclusion

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Vecna’s Daniel Theobald, August robot deals, SoftBank’s Brady Watkins

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Robotics investment trends with Oliver Mitchell; are Amazon drone deliveries coming?

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Waypoint Robotics’ Jason Walker on mobile robots; Thomas Visti’s next chapter

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Qualcomm’s Dev Singh on 5G, edge robotics; do delivery robots make economic sense?

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Veo on manufacturing challenges; tele-operating Spot; Amazon goes to the mall

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Kodiak Robotics & autonomous trucks, Anthony Levandowski going to jail

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Re-skilling coal miners; Jibo returns; Perseverance Rover heads for Mars

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FedEx's parcel-handling robots; Waymo & Fiat; MassRobotics on startups dealing with COVID-19

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Podcast: Hello Robot exits stealth; White Castle turns to automation

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Baseball & robotics startups during COVID-19; ROS on Windows 10

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Podcast: First-half 2020 highlights; space robotics expert Chris Thayer

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6 River Systems talks Shopify acquisition; Gatik on autonomous vehicle development

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Boston Dynamics talks Spot launch; Universal Robots on cobot innovation

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Paolo Pirjanian on the Moonshot of Developing a Companion Robot

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