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Join Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman each week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community.

The Robot Report Podcast The Robot Report Podcast

    • Technology
    • 4.9 • 39 Ratings

Join Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman each week for discussions with leading roboticists, innovative robotics companies, and other key members of the robotics community.

    NVIDIA GTC24 and R-24 recap

    NVIDIA GTC24 and R-24 recap

    In this episode, cohosts Mike Oitzman and Gene Demaitre recap their attendance at the NVIDIA GTC24 event in San Jose CA, and Gene's recent trip to Denmark to attend the R24 robotics event.
    You'll get to hear about takeaways from the sessions that they attended, the vendor demos and robotics solutions that were at these recent shows.

    NVIDIA keynote story: https://www.therobotreport.com/nvidia-announces-new-robotics-products-at-gtc-2024/
    R24 recap story: https://www.therobotreport.com/odense-robotics-culture-of-collaboration-can-overcome-economic-challenges-says-ceo/

    • 46 min
    MODEX 2024 recap

    MODEX 2024 recap

    This week host Steve Crowe reviews what he saw and learned while attending MODEX in Atlanta GA earlier in the week.
    Steve highlights the new products and new features for the many automation providers at the show. He also shares some side conversations and checks the pulse of the warehousing and material handling industry. Don't miss this episode if you weren't able to attend the show yourself.

    • 1 hr 12 min
    Cutting Edge: AI-Powered Landscaping with Electric Sheep

    Cutting Edge: AI-Powered Landscaping with Electric Sheep

    Nag Murty, CEO and cofounder of Electric Sheep, and Michael Laskey, CTO of Electric Sheep join the show this week to discuss how Electric Sheep is disrupting the commercial landscaping industry with autonomous mobile robots and a unique business model. The company is leveraging AI to enable autonomous mowers to cut the grass while simplifying the deployment process in the field.
    Electric Sheep is also vertically integrating the market segment through the acquisition of commercial landscaping businesses, then training the field workforce and integrating the autonomous mowers in the daily workflow for the field teams while learning and adapting the product.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga's autonomous harvesting robots

    Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga's autonomous harvesting robots

    Eric Adamson, CEO and co-founder of Tortuga, joins us in this episode to discuss agricultural robotics. Tortuga is one of the agtech companies leading the charge to transform greenhouse farming with their autonomous harvesting robots. Eric discusses the difficulties and successes of developing robots for use in greenhouses, shedding light on the processes involved in harvesting strawberries, grapes, and tomatoes. This episode offers an intriguing look into how technology and agriculture are influencing the future of food production, from overcoming design limits to investigating creative alternatives.
    We also catch up on the news of the week, including the announcement of $675M in a Series B investment round taken by humanoid developer Figure.

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Warehouse automation update with Fetch Robotics and Anyware Robotics

    Warehouse automation update with Fetch Robotics and Anyware Robotics

    On the show this week, we have a conversation with Thomas Tang, CEO and co-founder of Anyware Robotics. Anyware Robotics is launching an autonomous trailer unloading solution, that will make its debut at MODEX 2024.
    We also catch up with Matt Wicks, Sr Director and robotics automation business leader with Zebra Technology. Matt is responsible for the Fetch Robotics products at Zebra, and brings us up to speed on the AMR portfolio.

    • 1 hr 1 min
    3 Laws robot safety and the evolution of bipedal locomotion

    3 Laws robot safety and the evolution of bipedal locomotion

    On the show today, we interview Dr Aaron Ames, Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering and Control and Dynamical Systems at CalTech. Dr Ames is also a cofounder and Chief Scientist of 3Laws - a company, providing safety-critical controls architecture for robotics companies.
    We talk about the last decade of development for bipedal locomotion and the recent evolution of humanoid robots since Dr Ames has been researching and investigating this interesting research area since his postdoc days.
    You'll also learn about the core technology that's driving robotic safety algorithms and why 3Laws came together to deliver a solution for any robotic system.
    You can learn more about 3Law on the web at:3lawsrobotics.io

    • 1 hr 13 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
39 Ratings

39 Ratings

LisaIsHereForIt ,

Fantastic robotics podcast! 🙌🏻

The Robot Report has quickly become a favorite in my feed! I'm consistently impressed by the engaging conversations, insightful content, and actionable ideas. I truly learn something every time I listen!

Biased Robot Fan ,

Soooo Good

I’m biased but these guys bring real thought leaders and have very timely conversations

Robotics_Guy ,

Good content, but lots of ads and host talk too much.

Good content, but the hosts talk more than the guests. And there’s a lot of ads.
Focus on Robotics, and let your guests speak!

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