Join host Steve Crowe and The Robot Report editorial team (Gene Demaitre, Mike Oitzman, and Brianna Wessling) for the annual end-of-year wrap-up. The team breaks down the most significant stories, trends, and market shifts that defined the robotics industry in 2025 and looks ahead to 2026.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Business Shake-ups: An analysis of iRobot entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ABB selling its mobile robot division to SoftBank.
- The Year of the Humanoid: A look at the $3.5B+ invested in humanoid companies and the rise of physical AI.
- Autonomous Systems: Updates on Waymo’s scaling challenges, Amazon’s 1M deployed robots, and the impact of autonomous systems in the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts.
- Industry Trends: The spin-out of Intel RealSense, the return of a national robotics strategy, and new approaches to home robotics (1X, Sunday, Weave).
Featured Guest Vignettes:
- John Santagate: On tote-to-man methodologies and multi-agent orchestration.
- Chris Matthieu (RealSense): On open-source brains for physical AI and the emergence of robot sports.
- Evan Helda (Nebius): On data pipelines, real-world data collection, and world models for training.
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Join host Steve Crowe and The Robot Report editorial team (Gene Demaitre, Mike Oitzman, and Brianna Wessling) for the annual end-of-year wrap-up. The team breaks down the most significant stories, trends, and market shifts that defined the robotics industry in 2025 and looks ahead to 2026.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Business Shake-ups: An analysis of iRobot entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ABB selling its mobile robot division to SoftBank.
- The Year of the Humanoid: A look at the $3.5B+ invested in humanoid companies and the rise of physical AI.
- Autonomous Systems: Updates on Waymo’s scaling challenges, Amazon’s 1M deployed robots, and the impact of autonomous systems in the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts.
- Industry Trends: The spin-out of Intel RealSense, the return of a national robotics strategy, and new approaches to home robotics (1X, Sunday, Weave).
Featured Guest Vignettes:
- John Santagate: On tote-to-man methodologies and multi-agent orchestration.
- Chris Matthieu (RealSense): On open-source brains for physical AI and the emergence of robot sports.
- Evan Helda (Nebius): On data pipelines, real-world data collection, and world models for training.
Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman recap the 2025 RoboBusiness event which took place last week in Santa Clara CA. The show features interviews with ten startups who were present at the show and many of whom participated in the 2025 Pitchfire event.
Here’s the list of interviews on the show (in order of appearance:
Apporv Shaudri from Roworks AI
Chongdu Xu from Forge AI (4rfg.ai)
David Ruth from Motogo
Doug Langen From 4D1
Katy Bradford from Rotate8
Kevin Hayes from Morelle
Lakshay Sharma from Cerulion (2025 Pitchfire winner)
Raghavender Sahdev from NuPort
Roby Lynn from R2 Labs
Toshi Quides from Sensible Robotics
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The Robot Report Podcast
Join host Steve Crowe and The Robot Report editorial team (Gene Demaitre, Mike Oitzman, and Brianna Wessling) for the annual end-of-year wrap-up. The team breaks down the most significant stories, trends, and market shifts that defined the robotics industry in 2025 and looks ahead to 2026.
Key Topics Discussed:
- Business Shake-ups: An analysis of iRobot entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ABB selling its mobile robot division to SoftBank.
- The Year of the Humanoid: A look at the $3.5B+ invested in humanoid companies and the rise of physical AI.
- Autonomous Systems: Updates on Waymo’s scaling challenges, Amazon’s 1M deployed robots, and the impact of autonomous systems in the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts.
- Industry Trends: The spin-out of Intel RealSense, the return of a national robotics strategy, and new approaches to home robotics (1X, Sunday, Weave).
Featured Guest Vignettes:
- John Santagate: On tote-to-man methodologies and multi-agent orchestration.
- Chris Matthieu (RealSense): On open-source brains for physical AI and the emergence of robot sports.
- Evan Helda (Nebius): On data pipelines, real-world data collection, and world models for training.
