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Automate It Ep 57 - Vertical vs Horizontal Integration in Tech

Why I banked with SVB (and will again)

On the anniversary of the Silicon Valley Bank run, enjoy this reposted article on why our CEO valued them so much.

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

Automate It Ep #55: Adrian from Foxglove

Adrian Macneil, CEO of Foxglove, gives us a deep dive on the state of robotics developer tools, why debugging robots is still a mess, and what it takes to build a software company in a hardware-heavy industry.

February 14, 2025

Case Study: Polymath Robotics and ConGlobal Collaboration

Enabling Safe and Reliable Autonomous Terminal Operations

February 12, 2025

Reasonable vs. Hype Robots: A Pragmatic Path for Robotics Companies

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

November 13, 2024

Automate It Ep 56 - The Pitfalls of Traditional Collision Avoidance Systems

Automate It Ep 56 - The Pitfalls of Traditional Collision Avoidance Systems

February 20, 2025

Automate It Ep 54 - What Makes a Robot "Safe Enough"?

Automate It Ep 54 - What Makes a Robot "Safe Enough"?

January 29, 2025

Automate It is Now a Video Podcast!

Company Updates

Automate It is Now a Video Podcast!

January 24, 2025

A Eulogy for Cruise, a True Autonomy Pioneer

A Eulogy for Cruise, a True Autonomy Pioneer

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

December 27, 2024

Leveraging LLMs to integrate autonomy into Robots

Leveraging LLMs to integrate autonomy into Robots

Naveen Kulandaivelu

October 30, 2024

Alex Yuen talks radar perception at ROSCon 2024!

Company Updates

Alex Yuen talks radar perception at ROSCon 2024!

October 18, 2024

Automate It Ep #49 - Big Robots at MINEXPO and Tesla's Robot Demo

Automate It Ep #49 - Big Robots at MINEXPO and Tesla's Robot Demo

October 17, 2024

Automate It Ep #48 - What's Hard About AMRs

Automate It Ep #48 - What's Hard About AMRs

September 20, 2024

Automate It Ep #47 - Robots for the Military

Automate It Ep #47 - Robots for the Military

September 10, 2024

Automate It Ep #46 - How Do You Regulate Robots?

Automate It Ep #46 - How Do You Regulate Robots?

Automate It Ep #45 - Why Doesn't Starlink Solve All the Problems?

Automate It Ep #45 - Why Doesn't Starlink Solve All the Problems?

Automate It Ep #44 - Ahoy Matey! There Be Robots on this Ship

Automate It Ep #44 - Ahoy Matey! There Be Robots on this Ship

Automate It Ep #43 - The Tradeoffs of Vertical Robotics Companies

Automate It Ep #43 - The Tradeoffs of Vertical Robotics Companies

Automate It Ep #42 - That Radar is So Hot Right Now

Automate It Ep #42 - That Radar is So Hot Right Now

Automate It Ep #41 - The Dirt on Dirt

Automate It Ep #41 - The Dirt on Dirt

Automate It Ep #40 - Ed Niedermeyer Talks Tesla

Automate It Ep #40 - Ed Niedermeyer Talks Tesla

Automate It Ep #39 - The Reluctant AI Episode

Automate It Ep #39 - The Reluctant AI Episode

Automate It Ep #38 - Why People Took Our April Fools Joke Seriously

Automate It Ep #38 - Why People Took Our April Fools Joke Seriously

Meet Kai: The AI-Powered Humanoid Robot for Heavy Industry

Meet Kai: The AI-Powered Humanoid Robot for Heavy Industry

Automate It Ep #37 - Why Robots Are "Default Blocked"

Automate It Ep #37 - Why Robots Are "Default Blocked"

Meet 2 New Modules: Coverage Mapper and Behavior Control

Meet 2 New Modules: Coverage Mapper and Behavior Control

Automate It Ep #36 - Questions VCs Ask Us

Automate It Ep #36 - Questions VCs Ask Us

February 16, 2024

Meet 2 New Modules: Follow the Leader and Sim-to-Reality Pipeline

Meet 2 New Modules: Follow the Leader and Sim-to-Reality Pipeline

December 20, 2023

Meet 2 New Modules: Obstacle Detection + Local Planning

Meet 2 New Modules: Obstacle Detection + Local Planning

December 8, 2023

Meet 2 New Modules: Remote E-Stop & Diff Drive Configuration

Meet 2 New Modules: Remote E-Stop & Diff Drive Configuration

November 30, 2023

2 New Modules: Geofence and Ackermann Configuration

2 New Modules: Geofence and Ackermann Configuration

November 22, 2023

Automate It Ep #30 - Is Robotics Data Really the New Oil?

Automate It Ep #30 - Is Robotics Data Really the New Oil?

November 17, 2023

Meet 2 New Modules: Robot Metrics Infrastructure & Drive-by-Wire System Abstraction

Meet 2 New Modules: Robot Metrics Infrastructure & Drive-by-Wire System Abstraction

November 16, 2023

Module Deep Dive #4 - GPS Fusion

Module Deep Dive #4 - GPS Fusion

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

November 14, 2023

Module Deep Dive #3 - Center Pivot Configuration

Module Deep Dive #3 - Center Pivot Configuration

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

November 13, 2023

Meet 2 New Modules: GPS Fusion & Center Pivot Configuration

Meet 2 New Modules: GPS Fusion & Center Pivot Configuration

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

November 9, 2023

Adding Machine Learning to Polymath's Perception System

Adding Machine Learning to Polymath's Perception System

November 8, 2023

Module Deep Dive #2: Lidar Fusion - your key to useful Lidar data

Module Deep Dive #2: Lidar Fusion - your key to useful Lidar data

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

November 7, 2023

Module Deep Dive #1: GPS-Denied Trailer Localization

Module Deep Dive #1: GPS-Denied Trailer Localization

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

November 6, 2023

Automate It Ep #29 - Meet our Autonomous Navigation Modules

Automate It Ep #29 - Meet our Autonomous Navigation Modules

November 3, 2023

Introducing Autonomous Navigation Modules – a toolkit for autonomous off-highway vehicles

Introducing Autonomous Navigation Modules – a toolkit for autonomous off-highway vehicles

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

November 2, 2023

Automate It Ep #28 - Why Are Small Robots So Hard?

Automate It Ep #28 - Why Are Small Robots So Hard?

September 22, 2023

Automate It Ep #27 - No Code Lasts Forever

Automate It Ep #27 - No Code Lasts Forever

September 14, 2023

Automate It Ep #26 - Academic vs Commercial Approaches in Robotics

Automate It Ep #26 - Academic vs Commercial Approaches in Robotics

September 5, 2023

Automate It Ep #25 - Waymo Trucking Shuts Down

Automate It Ep #25 - Waymo Trucking Shuts Down

Automate It Ep #24 - Deep Diving on the OceanGate Submarine

Automate It Ep #24 - Deep Diving on the OceanGate Submarine

Polymath Robotics Announces Investment from Samsara Ventures

Company Updates

Polymath Robotics Announces Investment from Samsara Ventures

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

Automate It Ep #23 - Is Robotics Really THAT Much Harder than SaaS?

Automate It Ep #23 - Is Robotics Really THAT Much Harder than SaaS?

Automate It Ep #22 - Is a VR Headset a Robot?

Automate It Ep #22 - Is a VR Headset a Robot?

Automate It Ep #21 - Onroad Autonomy Woes (&Does it Matter?)

Automate It Ep #21 - Onroad Autonomy Woes (&Does it Matter?)

Automate It Ep #20 - Nerf Guns Explain Why Robots are Hard

Automate It Ep #20 - Nerf Guns Explain Why Robots are Hard

Automate It Ep #19 - Request for Robots

Automate It Ep #19 - Request for Robots

Automate It Ep #18 - The Top Contributions Open Source Robotics Needs Now (Steve Macenski, Chief Navigator for ROS2)

Automate It Ep #18 - The Top Contributions Open Source Robotics Needs Now (Steve Macenski, Chief Navigator for ROS2)

Automate It Ep #17 - How Do the Current Economic Conditions Impact Robotics?

Automate It Ep #17 - How Do the Current Economic Conditions Impact Robotics?

Automate It Ep #16 - Roombas & VCs - The Battle for Clean Floors and Funding

Automate It Ep #16 - Roombas & VCs - The Battle for Clean Floors and Funding

The Future of Robotics

The Future of Robotics

Automate It Ep #15 - Construction Robots at CONEXPO

Automate It Ep #15 - Construction Robots at CONEXPO

Automate It Ep #14 - The Downsides of Consultants Building your Robots

Automate It Ep #14 - The Downsides of Consultants Building your Robots

Automate It Ep #13 - The Shutdown of Everyday Robots (& Why Big Companies aren't Safer for Robotics)

Automate It Ep #13 - The Shutdown of Everyday Robots (& Why Big Companies aren't Safer for Robotics)

Automate It Ep #12 - Robotics Demos Gone Wrong

Automate It Ep #12 - Robotics Demos Gone Wrong

February 17, 2023

Automate It Ep #11 - How to Choose the Right Sensors

Automate It Ep #11 - How to Choose the Right Sensors

February 9, 2023

Automate It Ep #10 - Is Teach-and-Repeat Really Autonomy?

Automate It Ep #10 - Is Teach-and-Repeat Really Autonomy?

February 3, 2023

Templating Forward: How (and WHY) We're Upgrading ROS's Kinematic Templates

Templating Forward: How (and WHY) We're Upgrading ROS's Kinematic Templates

February 2, 2023

State Machines vs Behavior Trees: designing a decision-making architecture for robotics

State Machines vs Behavior Trees: designing a decision-making architecture for robotics

January 26, 2023

Automate It Ep #9 - Why MVPs in Robotics are Different than SaaS

Automate It Ep #9 - Why MVPs in Robotics are Different than SaaS

January 19, 2023

Automate It Ep #8 - CES & the State of Autonomy

Automate It Ep #8 - CES & the State of Autonomy

January 13, 2023

Automate It Ep #7 - Did Google Just Buy ROS?

Automate It Ep #7 - Did Google Just Buy ROS?

December 19, 2022

Automate It Ep #6 - How to Measure Robots

Automate It Ep #6 - How to Measure Robots

December 15, 2022

Ep #5 of Automate It - Is the Autonomy Industry Dead?

Ep #5 of Automate It - Is the Autonomy Industry Dead?

December 9, 2022

Ep #4 of Automate It - How to Kill an Autonomy Project

Ep #4 of Automate It - How to Kill an Autonomy Project

December 2, 2022

Ep #3 of Automate It - Teleoperation and Art

Ep #3 of Automate It - Teleoperation and Art

November 16, 2022

Ep #2 of Automate It - The Time Ilia Danced with a Robot

Ep #2 of Automate It - The Time Ilia Danced with a Robot

November 14, 2022

ROS + Sim Makes Vehicle Kinematics Look Easy

ROS + Sim Makes Vehicle Kinematics Look Easy

November 10, 2022

ROSCon 2022 Recap

ROSCon 2022 Recap

November 1, 2022

Introducing "Automate It", a Polymath Robotics Podcast

Company Updates

Introducing "Automate It", a Polymath Robotics Podcast

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

October 31, 2022

How to effectively record robot data for visibility and debugging

How to effectively record robot data for visibility and debugging

October 11, 2022

Launching Polymath Robotics: General Autonomy for Industry

Company Updates

Launching Polymath Robotics: General Autonomy for Industry

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher

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