Get a direct line to the biggest names and brightest minds in robotics, AI, and automation. Automated with Brian Heater brings you long-form conversations and unfiltered insights into how we got here, where we’re going, and what’s behind the technologies impacting how we live and work.
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Get a direct line to the biggest names and brightest minds in robotics, AI, and automation. Automated with Brian Heater brings you long-form conversations and unfiltered insights into how we got here, where we’re going, and what’s behind the technologies impacting how we live and work.
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What began as a University of Illinois engineering project has grown into a startup aimed at improving lives. Psyonic CEO Aadeel Ahktar discusses the company’s journey from human prosthesis to humanoid manipulation.
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Amazon Robotics' Chief Technologist discusses his journey from undergraduate aeronautics to helping the world's largest retailer deploy one million robots.
He shares how Amazon is reinventing automation through human-machine collaboration, scalable AI, and a culture that values curiosity over hype. From early lessons at MIT to leading one of the world’s largest robotics teams, Tye Brady explains what it really takes to make robots that work for people.
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As a long time Amazon VP, Brad Porter knows what it takes to deploy industrial robots at scale. Now doing the same with his own company, Cobot, Porter delivers a dose of reality to the hardware hype cycle.
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Apptronik CEO Jeff Cardenas has remained one of the more transparent and pragmatic executives in the humanoid robotics race. Here he takes on the Austin company’s Google partnership, safety, and what scaling really looks like.
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Perhaps no one has done more to promote industrial robot safety than Roberta Nelson Shea. For decades, Universal Robotics’ global technical compliance officer has been a tireless advocate for maintaining automation safeguarding for human workers. This episode explores how robot safety standards have evolved and why they’re critical to the future of automation. From cages and compliance to collaborative robots and humanoids, Brian and Roberta explore how safety and productivity can work in tandem.
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When I want an automation reality check, I go to Rodney Brooks, one of the past century’s most influential roboticists. The Robust.AI CTO cofounded iRobot and Rethink Robotics after spending a quarter-century teaching the subject at MIT. His annual scorecard is an important progress report for AI and automation hype cycles. In this episode, we talk about humanoid robots, AI hype, and the future of automation.
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Few alive have left as large a mark on robotics as Marc Raibert. After founding and running Boston Dynamics for three decades, the former MIT professor went on to create the RAI Institute. These days, Raibert is exploring physical AI, general purpose robotics, and the occasional guitar tube amplifier.
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Just over a decade ago, NVIDIA got out of mobile processing and into robotics. Deepu Talla helped lead the risky push that is now paying off in the form of the chipmaker’s Jetson platform. The industry veteran explains how a company best known for its gaming graphics cards became a ubiquitous fixture on next-gen robotics.
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When we recorded this episode, Melonee Wise was the chief product officer at humanoid pioneer, Agility Robotics. After kickstarting her career as employee number two at Willow Garage, Wise cofounded and ran Fetch Robotics for the next decade. As for where she’ll be when you read this podcast description — who can say where the Robot Ninja will strike next?
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