Talks and interviews where John Koetsier speaks, summarised in our reviewed video briefs.
Amber Atherton, serial entrepreneur and investor at consumer-focused venture firm Patron, discusses specialized home robots and humanoids with John Koetsier on NEXT.
Amber Atherton, an investor at early-stage consumer technology firm Patron, joins John Koetsier on NEXT to discuss why specialized home robots may reach consumers before humanoids.
Seth Winterroth, partner at Eclipse, discusses robotics investment, humanoids, and where embodied AI may deliver value with NEXT host John Koetsier.
The Atlas Director of Robot Behavior at Boston Dynamics talks with NEXT host John Koetsier about Atlas’s design, robot intelligence, factory integration, and why legs can suit industrial work.
Jeff Bernstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation, talks with NEXT host John Koetsier about humanoids in manufacturing and warehouses, workplace safety, automation and jobs, U.S. robotics strategy, and home robots.
John Koetsier of NEXT speaks with Alexandra Sukharev, a vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners, about which companies may succeed in humanoid robotics and the challenges of real world deployment.
John Koetsier of NEXT with John Koetsier talks with Jan Leard, founder and CEO of OpenMind and a Stanford bioengineering professor, about near-term uses for home robots and the open-source OM1 robot operating system.
Chris Kuda, CEO of Mind Children, discusses building a child-friendly social humanoid robot with host John Koetsier on NEXT with John Koetsier, alongside the prototype Cody.
Aditya Sarpata, a robotics engineer at Nimble, talks with John Koetsier on NEXT about building a working TARS-inspired robot as a research project.
Starship CEO Alastair Westgarth joins John Koetsier on NEXT with John Koetsier to discuss the company’s delivery robots, their performance at scale, and how they may reshape city commerce.
Mike Obalonsky, partner at Cortical Ventures, discusses the engineering challenges and economic potential of robotic hands with John Koetsier on NEXT with John Koetsier.
Peter Diamandis, founder of XPRIZE and co-founder of Singularity University, discusses humanoid robots with John Koetsier on NEXT, which Koetsier introduces as TechFirst.
Andrew Kiguel, CEO of Realbotix, discusses humanoid robots as companions as well as workers with John Koetsier on NEXT, alongside Aria, Realbotix’s AI-integrated robot.
John Koetsier hosts Boston Dynamics leaders Marco Da Silva, who runs the Spot business, Alex Perkins, who leads Stretch robotics, and Mike Murphy, a senior systems engineering leader, on NEXT with John Koetsier’s TechFirst podcast about robot design, deployment, and the company’s product plans.
Jeff Cardenas, CEO of Apptronik, joins John Koetsier on NEXT to explain how the Austin company is developing Apollo and bringing humanoid robots toward commercial use.
Geordie Rose, co-founder and CEO of Sanctuary AI, discusses the company’s Phoenix humanoid robot, its AI and hardware strategy, and its early commercial applications with John Koetsier on NEXT’s TechFirst.
VC investors Jesse Coors and Greg Hill discuss Figure AI’s humanoid robot and its potential uses and timeline with John Koetsier on NEXT.
MIT professor and CSAIL director Daniela Rus talks with NEXT host John Koetsier about the limits of general-purpose robots, how specialized and modular machines could help people, and the technical and social challenges of automation.
Ben Wolff, who leads Sarcos Robotics, joins Josh on NEXT with John Koetsier to discuss the Guardian XT, a remotely operated robot for hazardous industrial work.
Klaus, CEO of Blue Ocean Robotics, discusses the company’s robot venture factory and service robotics with John Koetsier on NEXT, from Odense, Denmark.
