The Robotics Stack

Asimov is an Open Source Humanoid Robot and today we have the CPO of the company behind it on the podcast. His name is Matthew Moore and he shares unique insights from Menlo Research. You learn what it really takes to build a robot from scratch, what you can do with Asimov and what the future holds for open robotics. #humanoid #robot #asimov 0:00 Podcast Overview 0:38 Why we need Open Robotics 1:28 Matthew's Journey 5:16 Cooking Robots 6:35 Arriving at Menlo Research 7:34 Asimov Development 10:13 Team Building & Supply Chain 11:40 Actuators 12:50 Asimov 1 14:40 Actuator Simulation 16:35 Component Sourcing 18:58 International Operation 21:22 Compute & Model Training 23:49 Software & Team Ressources 25:10 Design 25:56 Business & Data Center 28:06 Customers & Applications 31:06 Data Collection & Market Reality 33:22 Hands & Grippers 35:28 Product Ambitions 36:12 Asimov 2 37:32 Pre-Assembled Version 38:18 Future of Robotics 40:24 Industry Observations 42:02 Hiring & Partnerships 42:52 Scaling Production 43:35 Outro Guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewpaulmoore Léo https://x.com/LeoKharonOskar https://x.com/hundreddaysxPodcast https://x.com/roboticsstack

GPT 6 Astra is OpenAI's most powerful model. So can it be used for robotics? In this episode we look at various demos that show people implementing GPT 6 Astra to control robotic arms and more. Some work in simulation, some work in real environments. And the results are actually surprising. The LLM even starts showing up on various benchmarks and sometimes outperforms SOTA Physical AI models. Of course, there are caveats to this but the performance is seriously impressive. #chatgpt #astra #gpt #podcast 0:00 Podcast Overview 0:32 GPT 6 Astra 3:35 Demo 1 - Painting Robot Arm 5:43 Demo 2 - In Context Learning 8:30 Demo 3 - Robocurve Office Tasks 11:29 Demo 4 - Hand Simulation 15:16 Demo 5 - Drone Flying 17:38 How to use Astra with Robots 18:07 Policy-like 18:51 Agent 19:32 Teacher-like 19:58 Is Astra a VLA ? 21:20 Was it trained on Robot Data? 22:38 Task Annotation Experiment 24:09 Demo 6 - Safety Testing 26:44 Limitations 29:40 Comparison & Outlook 33:52 Outro Léo https://x.com/LeoKharonOskar https://x.com/hundreddaysxPodcast https://x.com/roboticsstack

In this episode of the robotics stack podcast, we explore tactile data capture hardware with Matt Wulff from 6thSense. He is one of the co-founders and joins us to discuss the specialized robotics hardware required to give robots a realistic sense of touch. We examine how current systems struggle with physical dexterity and why new hardware approaches are essential for advancement. We break down the entire data capture pipeline from deployments to engineering the gloves & camera involved and how to turn this into useful robotics training data. We also speak about what the future holds for hands, humanoids & more!#robot #data #podcast 0:00 Podcast Overview 0:39 The Future of Robotics & 6thSense1:44 Background 2:20 Egocentric Video & Tactile Data 3:15 Stereo vs. Monocular Video 4:43 6thSense Products & Services 5:28 Hardware5:33 Cameras 6:06 Gloves 6:50 Product Development 8:18 Team 9:19 Funding 9:50 Deployments I 10:14 Data Capture Methods 11:06 Deployments II12:38 Competitive Edge 16:50 Tactile Sensors 19:26 UMI Data 21:40 Data Management & Processing 23:10 Data Quality 24:25 Strategy & Partnerships 26:38 More Cameras 28:20 Hand to Gripper Data 29:07 UMI / Teleoperation 31:54 Robot Model Training 33:45 Capture Rig Implementation 35:28 Robotic Hands 36:30 Who will win Humanoids? 38:19 GPT Astra 40:00 Future 41:35 AI 42:55 Stock Picks 45:32 Robot Skin 47:30 Is Video Enough? 49:14 Outro Guest: https://x.com/makeitmattoLéo https://x.com/LeoKharonOskar https://x.com/hundreddaysxPodcast https://x.com/roboticsstack

In this episode of the robotics stack podcast we have our second interview. The guest is Randall Briggs who is working on Steel Bot, an open-source robot platform that is made in America. We are discussing the product, the history and alternatives like the Unitree G1 or Asimov. Randall also shares some interesting historical insights and explains why he has such strong conviction for the project. #opensource #robot #podcast 0:00 Podcast Overview 0:38 Background 2:22 Returning to MIT 6:47 Backdrivability 9:19 Steel Bot 9:40 Inspiration 11:19 The Need for an Alternative14:01 Steel Bot Progress 14:48 FCC Ban 16:24 Permanent Magnets 18:00 Steel Bot Specs 20:49 Modularity 22:08 Hands 23:14 Funding & Team 24:19 Unitree G1 Limitations 28:02 Steel Bot Software 31:30 Open Source Importance 33:39 Apple History & Applications for Robots 39:05 Use Cases & Job Market 43:42 Mass Production & Demand 47:07 Market Dynamics 48:43 Steel Bot Customers 49:38 Contact 50:30 Conviction & Vision 51:34 Business Opportunities 53:35 Selling Actuators 54:32 Outro Guest: https://x.com/randallmbriggsLéo https://x.com/LeoKharonOskar https://x.com/hundreddaysxPodcast https://x.com/roboticsstack

In this episode of the robotics stack podcast we look at XPENG and their new humanoid robot called Iron. Before that we also talk about 3 models for one-shot robot learning & in-context learning: Generalist AI and their new model Gen 1.5, Skild AI & Rhoda AI. We also cover the Chinese version of SpaceX called Landspace and their new achievements on the rocket side. #xpeng #iron #robot #podcast 0:00 Podcast Overview 0:36 One Shot Robot Learning Models 0:49 Rhoda AI 2:00 Generalist AI2:39 Skild AI 3:10 The GPT Moment for Robotics 4:02 Generalist Part 27:24 Skild Part 2 11:30 Generalist Part 3 14:40 Skild Part 3 15:17 More Stats 15:59 Founders & Funding 17:28 Exotec 21:39 Skypod 23:32 Skypath 24:03 Deepsky 24:45 Deployments 25:05 Decathlon 25:50 Renault 26:17 DSV 26:30 Trusco Nakayama26:49 Mujin 27:46 Limitations 28:55 Further Insights 30:53 Landspace & China Space Program 36:30 Landspace Financials 37:00 SpaceX Comparison 43:37 XPENG 44:53 Company 47:13 Products 48:37 Robotics Business 50:00 Iron Humanoid 55:21 Outro Léo https://x.com/LeoKharonOskar https://x.com/hundreddaysxPodcast https://x.com/roboticsstack