Fifty Years is launching SPEED, a show about leaders who move fast! We started this show to bring the fastest strategies and tactics to bear on the world's biggest problems! Episode #2 is with Erik Schluntz of Cobalt Robotics. Erik and his cofounder Travis started in 2016, on a quest to bring useful robots into human spaces, fast. They went from nothing to a first mobile robot prototype in 2 weeks, and a working robot at a paying customer site in 12 months. We dive into what speed means to Erik, and what the team did early on to become successful. We hear about the team's many prototypes over the first year, engineering culture, how they cut scope to accelerate, and so much more!