Podcast

In the first podcast of 2022, Steve, Mike, and Dan discuss their thoughts about the year ahead in robotics.

In the final podcast of 2021, Steve, Mike, and Dan review the biggest robotics industry news stories and milestones from the past year.

Steve and Mike interview Fady Saad from MassRobotics and Eric Anderson from AWS about the new AWS Robotics Accelerator program

Over the past year, we spent nearly 40 hours talking to key members of the robotics community. Here are the best episodes of The Robot Report Podcast in 2021.

Steve and Mike interview robotics innovator Esben Østergaard and discuss the potential impact of the pending EU AI Act and Machinery Directive.

Samir Menon, founder and CEO of Dexterity, joined The Robot Report Podcast to discuss the company’s full-stack robotic picking systems. The show also discussed how China’s new regulations killed an autonomous vehicle SPAC.

CRG Automation built a robotic system to decommission 70,000 chemical missiles in Kentucky. Hear how it built the system.

TUM Autonomous Motorsports won the 2021 Indy Autonomous Challenge with an average lap speed of 136 mph.

We got the scoop on the new AMR solutions from Fetch Robotics and recap the week that was in robotics.

Learn about new products at the 2021 AMR and Logistics conference and the deployment of AMBI solutions at Pitney Bowes.

A great conversation with the legendary Jon Hirschtick – we discuss blackjack, and how to build (and sell) a successful product development platform company.

Amazon unveiled its much-anticipated consumer robot earlier this week. We share our thoughts about Astro and hear from callers who share their opinions about Amazon’s first consumer robot.

Rick Faulk and Jason Walker talk candidly with The Robot Report about how the deal came together and what happens next for the combined organization.

In this episode, Steve and Mike discuss the latest funding news and interview Photoneo CTO Tomas Kovacovsky.

This episode of The Robot Report Podcast features an interview with Realtime Robotics CEO George Konidaris

In this weeks episode, Steve and Mike discuss the expansion of Waymo service into SF, the recent Locus Robotics milestone – and Steve interviews RightHand Robotics CEO, Yaro Tenzer.

In this week’s episode, Steve and Mike discuss the Intel RealSense news; the reveal of the Tesla humanoid robot, and interview Stratom CEO Mark Gordon.

John Deere and Bear Flag Robotics discuss what their partnership means for the future of autonomous tractors.

On the show this week, Steve and Mike talk to robotics industry talent recruiter Jeff Chapman about the state of the automation industry.

This week Steve and Mike talk to Sami Atiya, CEO of ABB Robotics and Verónica Pascual, CEO of ASTI about the recent news of the acquisition of ASTI by ABB. Also on the show is Ash Sharma from Interact Analysis to discuss the story.

We also discuss on the podcast the future of Fetch Robotics after the Zebra acquisition, Aurora taking its self-driving tech public via SPAC, the shutdown of Abundant Robotics and more.

The Robot Report Podcast talks to Mike Demko, head of AutoStore’s microfulfillment center business, and Interact Analysis’ Jason dePreaux.