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.
Major week for autonomous vehicles; decommissioning chemical missiles with robots
CRG Automation built a robotic system to decommission 70,000 chemical missiles in Kentucky. Hear how it built the system.
Interview with IAC race winner TUM; the future of Softbank Europe
TUM Autonomous Motorsports won the 2021 Indy Autonomous Challenge with an average lap speed of 136 mph.
Is Softbank Robotics Europe for sale?; Melonee Wise on Fetch’s new AMRs
We got the scoop on the new AMR solutions from Fetch Robotics and recap the week that was in robotics.
AMRs & Logistics Conference Recap; Pitney Bowes on Autonomous Sorting
Learn about new products at the 2021 AMR and Logistics conference and the deployment of AMBI solutions at Pitney Bowes.
Jon Hirschtick from Onshape/PTC; Favorite robotics startups of 2021
A great conversation with the legendary Jon Hirschtick – we discuss blackjack, and how to build (and sell) a successful product development platform company.
Amazon Astro underwhelms; Vicarious Surgical CEO Adam Sachs
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.
Inside Locus Robotics’ acquisition of Waypoint Robotics
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.
4 robot companies raise $531M; Interview with Photoneo CTO Tomas Kovacovsky
In this episode, Steve and Mike discuss the latest funding news and interview Photoneo CTO Tomas Kovacovsky.
George Konidaris on Realtime Robotics future; Intel LiDAR update
This episode of The Robot Report Podcast features an interview with Realtime Robotics CEO George Konidaris
RightHand’s Yaro Tenzer on robotic piece-picking; Waymo’s SF expansion
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.
Latest on Intel RealSense; Tesla Bot; Stratom supports the troops
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.
The future of autonomous tractors
John Deere and Bear Flag Robotics discuss what their partnership means for the future of autonomous tractors.
Recruiting the right resource in the robotics industry, with Jeff Chapman
On the show this week, Steve and Mike talk to robotics industry talent recruiter Jeff Chapman about the state of the automation industry.
Inside ABB’s acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics
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.
Claus Risager on disinfection robots and growing Blue Ocean Robotics
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.
AutoStore on microfulfillment; Softbank distances itself from Pepper
The Robot Report Podcast talks to Mike Demko, head of AutoStore’s microfulfillment center business, and Interact Analysis’ Jason dePreaux.
Reviewing the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards
A detailed look at some of the more notable winners from the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards.
Find out what’s going on in the world of robot operations
Find out what’s happening in the world of robot operations and where you can go to learn how to scale your fleet to thousands of robots.
Passenger of confused Waymo robotaxi discusses what went wrong
Joel Johnson, the passenger in the Waymo robotaxi that was confused multiple times by construction cones, discusses what went wrong.
Surging North American robot shipments; wireless charging future
A3 President Jeff Burnstein joins The Robot Report Podcast to discuss North American robot shipments, which surged in Q1 2021.
Ken Goldberg on robotic grasping; Carbon Robotics’ new weeding robot
Goldberg on Ambi Robotics’ Sim2Real technology, how Dex-Net is powering its robots, lessons learned over the years, and the challenges of universal grasping.