Talks and interviews

• 18:37

  NEXT with John Koetsier· Aug 26, 2026

  Made in America Robots: 3X more expensive than China?

  Jan Liphardt, founder and CEO of Open Mind and Stanford bioengineering professor, discusses U.S. readiness to build physical AI with NEXT host John Koetsier.

• 3:32:01

  Robotics Science and Systems· Aug 26, 2026

  RSS 2026 Day 4 Part 1

  RSS 2026 session speakers and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor Wenzhen Yuan discuss robotics perception, planning, control, and tactile sensing at Robotics Science and Systems.

• 3:31:30

  Robotics Science and Systems· Aug 26, 2026

  RSS 2026 Day 4 Part 2

  Professor Karen Liu of Stanford gives the RSS 2026 closing keynote on using models to generate robot training data and improve policies without relying on ever larger real-world datasets.

• 1:17:57

  This Week in Startups· Aug 25, 2026

  China wants you to cheer for the robots taking your job | E2329

  Jason Calacanis, host of This Week in Startups, and co-host Lon Harris discuss Beijing’s humanoid robot games, AI business models and labor, cyber threats, autonomous weapons, and Star Wars.

• 11:53

  RealMan Robotics· Aug 24, 2026

  How Physical AI Moves from Labs to the Real World | Bloomberg Interview

  Kenneth Wren, director of overseas solutions at RealMan Robotics, discusses robot training and human-robot collaboration in a Bloomberg interview.

• 42:33

  RoboPapers· Aug 24, 2026

  Ep#98: LDA -1B: Scaling Latent Dynamics Action Model via Universal Embodied Data Ingestion

  Jang Ren, a Peking University pre-PhD researcher collaborating with Galbot, Tsinghua University, SG2, Calia, and NVIDIA, discusses LDA-1B and its approach to training robot action models from mixed embodied data with RoboPapers hosts Chris and Michael.

• 31:40

  NEXT with John Koetsier· Aug 22, 2026

  Humanoid robots: 4Ps that will determine who wins

  Ankur Saxena, investment director at TDK Ventures, discusses humanoid robotics and physical AI with John Koetsier on NEXT with John Koetsier.

• 2:19:54

  Peter H. Diamandis· Aug 21, 2026

  Elon Says 100X, Memory Prices Spike 500%, Unitree Robot Outruns Usain Bolt with Emad Mostaque | #282

  Moonshots host Peter H. Diamandis and AI entrepreneur Emad Mostaque, alongside the Moonshot Quintet, discuss frontier AI, robotics, memory constraints, and biomedical research on Peter’s Moonshots podcast.

• 13:26

  Japan Invents· Aug 21, 2026

  Japan Built a New Humanoid Robot That Could Change Human Work Forever

  Japan Invents discusses Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Kaleido 9, a humanoid robot designed to work in spaces built for people, and the engineering and workforce challenges it faces.

• 1:07:19

  RoboPapers· Aug 18, 2026

  Ep#99: DYNA-2: A 1 Million Hour Scaling Law for World-Action Models

  Jason, co-founder of DYNA, and DYNA researchers Tianyu, Quan, and Chad discuss DYNA-2’s robotics pretraining and deployment results with the Robo Papers hosts and audience.

• 1:59

  ROKAE Robotics· Aug 17, 2026

  ROKAE AR Series: Empowering Data Collection for Embodied Intelligence 🤖

  ROKAE Robotics presents how its AR Series force-controlled arms support data collection and training for embodied intelligence at Taksun Technologies' innovation center.

• 54:51

  a16z· Aug 14, 2026

  Travis Kalanick on Building Atoms After Uber

  At an a16z event, Travis Kalanick, founder of Atoms and former Uber CEO, discusses industrial AI, building automated businesses for the physical world, and lessons from leading Uber with the hosts and audience.

• 59:53

  RoboPapers· Aug 14, 2026

  Ep#97: Cross-Embodiment Robot Manipulation via a Unified Hand Action Space

  Felipe, a researcher at UT Dallas’s Intelligent Robotics and Vision Lab, presents a cross-embodiment robot manipulation method with Yushang and collaborators from ASU’s Interactive Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab on RoboPapers.

• 23:25

  DigiKey· Aug 13, 2026

  Reinforcement Learning for Robotics Part 3: Deploy AI Agent to Real Robot (Sim-to-Real) | DigiKey

  A DigiKey presenter explains how to deploy a reinforcement learning agent to a balancing robot and why it struggles when simulation and hardware differ.

• 40:41

  NVIDIA Omniverse· Aug 12, 2026

  Newton: Open-Source GPU Physics for Robot Simulation | Physical AI Day at SIGGRAPH 2026

  Miles, a Newton presenter at NVIDIA, introduces Newton’s open-source GPU physics engine for robotics at Physical AI Day at SIGGRAPH 2026, then Louis of Lightwheel explains how his team uses it for assets and model evaluation.

• 43:13

  This Is The World· Aug 12, 2026

  Michio Kaku Debunks AI Hype: "Robots Have the Intelligence of a Mouse" [INTERVIEW]

  Physicist Michio Kaku discusses AI, robotics, quantum computing, and humanity’s future with the host of This Is The World.

• 55:31

  NVIDIA Omniverse· Aug 12, 2026

  Bring 3D Graphics Skills into Robotics & Digital Twins| Physical AI Day at SIGGRAPH 2026

  Ashley Goldstein, NVIDIA Omniverse tech marketing lead, moderates a SIGGRAPH 2026 panel with Fatima Anes of NVIDIA, Lori Kanig of MyUS, and Anthony of Keywords Studios on carrying 3D graphics skills into robotics and Physical AI.

• 41:10

  NVIDIA Omniverse· Aug 12, 2026

  World Models: The Frontier of Physical AI | Physical AI Day at SIGGRAPH 2026

  An NVIDIA Omniverse presenter at Physical AI Day at SIGGRAPH 2026 explains how world models, especially Cosmos, can help train and deploy AI in robots and other physical systems.

• 58:18

  Y Combinator· Aug 12, 2026

  Chelsea Finn: This is the State of the Art in Robotics

  Chelsea Finn, cofounder of Physical Intelligence, presents at a Y Combinator event on building reliable, general-purpose robots for real-world work.

• 1:00

  RealMan Robotics· Aug 12, 2026

  How Real-World Robot Deployment Creates the Data Flywheel for Physical AI | WAIC 2026

  RealMan Robotics discusses how data from deployed robots across industrial, agricultural, specialized, and service settings can support physical AI, at WAIC 2026.

• 36:32

  RoboPapers· Aug 12, 2026

  Ep#96: EgoHumanoid: Unlocking In-the-Wild Loco-Manipulation with Robot-Free Egocentric Demonstratio

  Modi, a PhD researcher at Shanghai Innovation Institute, joins RoboPapers host Mike to explain EgoHumanoid, a method for combining human demonstrations with robot data to train humanoid loco-manipulation policies.

• 5:30

  PickNik Robotics· Aug 11, 2026

  Jason Osborn, Intel with Dave Coleman, PickNik, during Automate 2026, Chicago

  Jason Osborn of Intel Robotics talks with Dave Coleman, PickNik Robotics founder and chief product officer, at Automate 2026 in Chicago about robot control, compute choices, safety, and a shelf-stocking demo.

• 1:20

  ROKAE Robotics· Aug 11, 2026

  ROKAE AR: Empowering Embodied Intelligence with Advanced Force-Controlled Arms 🤖

  A representative of ROKAE Robotics describes how its AR force-controlled arms support mobile manipulation and industrial production.

• 43:17

  NVIDIA· Aug 10, 2026

  GTC SJ 2026: Physical AI for Healthcare Robotics - Simulation-First Design & Accelerated Development

  Mustafa Jay of NVIDIA hosts a GTC San Jose 2026 session on simulation-first development for healthcare robotics, with surgeon Filipo Fukori of Lenox Hill and Northwell Health, an autonomous surgery researcher from Johns Hopkins and CMR Surgical, Mustafa Jay, and Yossi of LEM Surgical.

• 26:21

  Berkeley RDI· Aug 9, 2026

  Panel: Robotics & World Models

  Guru Chahal moderates Berkeley RDI panelists Anastasis Germanidis, Jim Fan, Sergey Levine, Michael Spranger, and Wei Zhan on world models, robotics data, simulation, and commercial deployment.

• 1:24:12

  Y Combinator· Aug 8, 2026

  Why Robotics Still Isn't Solved - But Could Be Soon | YC Paper Club

  YC Robotics Club host introduces the event’s robotics challenges, followed by talks from Stanford PhD student Marcel on robot memory, Stanford and Waymo researcher Milan on embodied reasoning, Tyler Lum on simulation-trained dexterity, Rerun CEO Nico on robotics businesses, and General Instinct founders Bill and Guanmin on faster world action models.

• 22:35

  NEXT with John Koetsier· Aug 7, 2026

  Agility Robotics' Digit v5: out of the cage!

  Daniel Diaz, chief business officer at Agility Robotics, joins John Koetsier on NEXT with John Koetsier to discuss Digit V5, commercial deployments, and working safely alongside people.

• 49:19

  RoboPapers· Aug 5, 2026

  Ep#95: Action-to-Action Flow Matching

  Jingtao, first author and researcher at NTU’s MARS Lab, and Jianfei, an assistant professor at NTU, discuss their robot policy research with RoboPapers host Chris, including Action-to-Action Flow Matching and related follow-up work.

• 4:29

  KUKA Group· Aug 5, 2026

  AMR in Egg Production | Automating Egg Pallet Transport with KUKA

  A Taskoprojekt software engineer explains how KUKA AMRs and a robotic arm automate egg pallet transport and handling for a food-industry client.

• 23:29

  James Bruton· Aug 4, 2026

  Using 20-sided dice to stabilise my walking machine?

  James Bruton, an engineer and maker on the James Bruton channel, discusses making his walking machine rideable and testing its stability at EMF Camp 2026 in Eastnor, Gloucestershire.

• 1:58

  Booster Robotics· Aug 4, 2026

  Lesson 3-1 - Remote Controller Tutorial

  An unknown speaker presenting for Booster Robotics explains how to pair and operate the robot’s remote controller, switch between agent modes, and trigger example behaviors.

• 1:16:39

  RoboPapers· Aug 3, 2026

  Ep#94: Learning a Thousand Tasks in a Day

  Edward Jones, robotics professor at Imperial College London, joins PhD students Camille and Pedro on RoboPapers with host Michael to discuss their paper on teaching robots many manipulation tasks from single demonstrations.

• 59:31

  Paul G. Allen School· Aug 1, 2026

  2026 Spring Robotics Colloquium: Parker Owan (Velodex Robotics)

  Parker Owan, founder of Velodex Robotics, describes developing robots for varied food production, drawing on his work at Amazon Robotics and Cruise and on customer work in a Seattle commissary kitchen.

• 50:41

  Entscheider:Inside· Jul 31, 2026

  "You Can't Cut Yourself to Glory"- KUKA CEO Christoph Schell on Germany's Crisis,China & Physical AI

  Christoph Schell, CEO of KUKA, talks with Entscheider:Inside host about Germany’s innovation challenges, KUKA’s global strategy, and the role of physical AI in robotics.

• 2:04

  ABB Robotics· Jul 31, 2026

  RobotStudio® HyperReality- Industrial Physical AI in Precision Manufacturing

  ABB Robotics presents RobotStudio HyperReality for validating vision systems in precision electronics manufacturing.

• 5:43

  Booster Robotics· Jul 31, 2026

  Fixing Striker Positioning with Vibe Coding | Booster Champion

  A Booster Robotics presenter explains how to fix a striker’s positioning near the opponent’s goal using a small code change in Booster Studio.

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