Podcast Episodes

When Robots Go Off the Rails: AI’s ‘Jurassic Park’ Moment

When intelligence evolves faster than safety, humanity must stay one step ahead in the wild frontier of robotics.

The latest research from leading rob…

6 months ago

For $200, you can put down a deposit on a home robot.

Editor’s Note: I could not get NotebookLM to properly pronounce NEO. (NEE-OH.) It’s not that difficult. But, it did manage every other possible pronu…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Hands Problem in Humanoid Robotics

At RoboBusiness this year, one of the panelists referenced Moravec’s Paradox — the idea that robots are great at tasks humans find hard like precisio…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Closing the Robotics Gap with China

Every conference has that one panel where you can feel the stakes. For me, it was this one — the discussion on how the U.S. stacks up against China i…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Robotics Will Be Solved by 2040.” — Jim Fan, NVIDIA

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: I’m a fan of Jim Fan.

This clip from RoboBusiness 2025 shows why. His mix of humor and technical depth is…

7 months ago

Smarter Plastics, Stronger Bots: The Quiet Reinvention of 3D Printing for Robotics

Of Machines and Materials

In a quiet lab at MIT, a subtle but powerful revolution in 3D printing has begun. It doesn’t come with dazzling AI robots or…

8 months, 1 week ago

DROIDS! The Magic of the Bay Area Droid Builders

A Galaxy of Builders

In a galaxy not so far away — right here in the Bay Area — passionate fans are building their own droids. Since I’m part of a Sta…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

⚡ From TI‑99 to TRS‑80: What the Vintage Computer Festival Taught Me About the Future of Robotics

Origins in BASIC

Where It All Began with One Apple and a Lot of Typing

I was lucky.

In elementary school, I was in a gifted program, and our class had a…

9 months, 1 week ago

Electrohydraulic Evolution: A Soft Robot That Crawls, Swims, and Endures

Silicon, Oil, and Grit

A robot slinks into a freezing lake and swims upward like a flippered jellyfish. It’s silent, soft, and charged with 6,000 volt…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

No Human in the Loop: No Downtime in the Line

Picture a high-tech assembly hall: conveyors hum, robotic arms spin, and every second of uptime counts. Instead of trudging off to recharge, UBTECH’s…

9 months, 3 weeks ago