Steve Cousins (Stanford University) - Real-World Robotics

Steve Cousins is the executive director of the Stanford Robotics Center and founder of Relay Robotics (formerly Savioke), which builds autonomous service robots for hotels and healthcare. Cousins’ career reflects a commitment to advancing robotics from research to real-world applications. In this presentation, he shares stories of his time in research, startups, and academia to illustrate practical advice about hiring, developing robotics products, and bringing robotics into new industries. Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders and other Stanford eCorner content is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at the Stanford School of Engineering. STVP empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations. CONNECT WITH US YouTube: X: LinkedIn: Bluesky: LEARN MORE STVP: eCorner by STVP: Support our mission of providing students and educators around the world with free access to Stanford University’s network of entrepreneurial thought leaders: .

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Steve Cousins (Stanford University) - Real-World Robotics is an episode from Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders by STVP.

This episode is 00:45:52 long.

This episode was published on Nov 19, 2025.

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