What AgTech founders get wrong about ROI
Farmhand Ventures founding general partner Connie Bowen explains why agricultural automation must address farm workers’ needs, farm economic...
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The Robot Report Podcast
Join Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman each week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community.
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20 of 272 episodesRoboBusiness 2026 recap
Join the editorial team from The Robot Report as they recap the 2026 RoboBusiness event which took place last week in Santa Clara CA. Steve...
Why Opportunity Charging Is Winning as Robot Fleets Scale
Ben Waters, CEO of Wibotic, joins Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre to discuss how wireless charging is evolving for larger, more autonomous ro...
Why humanoid robot demos still fail the generalization test
Janine Sinanan-Singh, Director of Gen AI Research at Appen, joins Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre to discuss the data, evaluation, and human...
Inside Omron’s Next-Generation LD Mobile Robots
The interview this week explores the European robotics market with OMRON’s Miguel Garces Moreno, covering growth in collaborative robots and...
General Robotics Is Betting on Modular Intelligence, Not One Robot Brain
Sai Vemprala, CTO of General Robotics, talks about why robotics still faces a major gap between research and real-world deployment—and how t...
The picks-and-shovels strategy behind the robotics boom
Teddy Haggerty is the founder and CEO of Robostore and Robo Inc., where he has helped push robotics into education, enterprise pilots, and e...
One brick at a time: How Monumental uses robotics to build walls
On the show this week, Salar al Khafaji, CEO and founder of Monumental explains how they are building walls with a custom trio of robots tha...
How FPGAs become the gatekeepers of Physical AI Security
Our guest this week is Eric Sivertson, VP of Security Business at Lattice. This episode explores why physical AI and humanoids change the se...
From Teach-and-Repeat to SelfPath AI: The next robotics leap
On the show today our guest is John Black, CTO of Brain Corp. John shares how Brain Corp has evolved from proving autonomous navigation in p...
How software-defined manufacturing fits into real factory operation
Roby Lynn, founder and CEO of R2 Labs, shares how his team is bringing software-defined automation to industrial manufacturing. He explains...
How Protolabs turns CAD files into parts in under 24 hours
Design for manufacturing is changing faster than most robotics teams can keep up - and if you are building physical products, this conversat...
Building robots that survive the warehouse
This episode explores how Nomagic is applying AI and robotics to warehouse operations, with a focus on each picking, recovery workflows, and...
FCC robot ruling shines a spotlight on U.S. policy; how next-gen AI can help warehousing
Our guest this week is Derik Pridmore, CEO and co-founder of OSARO. OSARO develops intelligent AI robotics for real-world warehouse automati...
Unlocking the Power of Time Series Databases for Industrial and Robotic Systems
In this episode, Doug Pagnutti, Developer Advocate at Tiger Data, discusses how time series databases like TimescaleDB are transforming indu...
Transforming Solar Construction Through Robotics with Deise Yumi Asami
On the show this week, Deise Yumi Asami shares how her AI-enabled robotics startup, Maximo, is transforming solar panel installation and mak...
How Path Robotics uses AI to optimize robotic welding
Andy Lonsberry is redefining what welding robots can do, and in this conversation, he reveals how AI is pushing manufacturing beyond the lim...
Automate 2026 Show Recap
In Episode 251 of The Robot Report Podcast, hosts Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman are joined by special guest Sarah Wynn, Senior Editor for Pac...
Insights Behind Kinisi’s Acquisition by Bear Robotics
Summary In this episode, we explore the strategic acquisition of Kinisi by Bear Robotics, with Kinisi founder and CEO Bren Pierce. During th...
Deep Dive into Arm’s Physical AI and Robotics Strategies with Drew Henry
Explore the cutting-edge developments in Arm’s physical AI space as Drew Henry, EVP of Arm’s physical AI business unit, shares insights on t...