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Automate It: A Robotics Podcast
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Latest episodes
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Ep 66 - Pulsar Localization & Digit's Digits
September 18, 2026 · 57 minTwo episodes in two weeks!This week's robot invention: a cuttlefish-shaped maintenance drone that has to navigate around a featureless alien sphere at a good fraction of light speed, localizing off pulsars alone. Stefan thinks four pulsars…
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Ep 65 - Why Don’t Robots Have an Off Switch?
September 8, 2026 · 51 minIn Ep 65 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia ask a deceptively simple question: how hard can it be to put a big red stop button on a robot? But first, they play the Robot Invention Game and draw synthetic training data for offshore wind farms…
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Ep 64 – We're Back, the HOA Called, and Claude Code Changed Everything
May 22, 2026 · 56 minIn Ep 64 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia are back after seven months in the trenches closing and delivering Polymath's biggest deal yet — and oh boy do they have thoughts. But first, they play the robot invention game, dreaming up a…
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Ep 63 – Robots, Cells, and the FDA with Fred Parietti of Multiply Labs
October 8, 2025 · 44 minIn ep 62 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia sit down with Fred Parietti of Multiply Labs to talk about the wild intersection of robotics and biology – from personalized pills to robots making cell therapies. They dig into why $500K cell…
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Ep 62 – The Billion-Dollar Blind Spot in Enterprise Robotics
August 21, 2025 · 51 minIn Ep 62 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia imagine a fleet of LLM-powered “Robot Ranger 3000” dog bots to track and protect endangered deer, complete with battery swaps, forest-wide power cables, and some very questionable AI…
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Ep 61 - The Three Laws of Robotics
June 25, 2025 · 49 minIn ep 61 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia dive headfirst into robot subversion hoodies, self-cleaning backyards, and the philosophical sinkholes of the Three Laws of Robotics. They explore why "don't hurt humans" is harder to code than it…
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Ep 60 - Does Nobody Care About Driver-Out Anymore?
May 14, 2025 · 38 minOn this episode of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia dive into Aurora’s recent announcement about running driver-out trucks on public highways—an undeniably huge technical feat, but one that curiously failed to make a media splash. But first…
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Ep 59 - David LaRose from Carnegie Robotics on the Reality of Robotics
April 24, 2025 · 1 hr 13 minThis week on Automate It, we're excited to have a special guest! Carnegie Robotics co-founder David LaRose joins the podcast to share his perspective on the evolution of robotics from academic research to rugged real-world systems. He…
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Ep 58 - Why is Hardware So Expensive?
April 9, 2025 · 31 minIn the 58th episode of Automate It, Polymath Robotics co-founders Stefan Seltz-Axmacher and Ilia Baranov discuss why hardware for robots is so dang expensive. But first, they play the robot invention game and come up with a humanoid axe…
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Ep 57 - Vertical vs Horizontal Integration in Tech
March 13, 2025 · 43 minOn Ep 57 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia get into Polymath Robotics' latest progress—scaling the team, launching new customer projects, and pushing forward despite the usual challenges. Then they play the robot game, brainstorming how…
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Ep 56 - The Pitfalls of Traditional Collision Avoidance Systems
February 20, 2025 · 42 minOn this episode of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia break down the surprisingly flawed state of collision avoidance systems in mining—where billion-dollar companies still rely on network-dependent GPS safety systems that can fail with network…
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Ep 55 - Adrian from Foxglove on the State of Robotics Today
February 14, 2025 · 55 minOn Ep 55 of Automate It, we invite Adrian Macneil, CEO of Foxglove, to play the robot game -- which takes a turn into pest control, debating whether humanoid robots should stomp or grab mice. Then, Adrian gives us a deep dive on the state…
About the show
Each week, the co-founders of Polymath Robotics sit down to give you the inside scoop on the robotics industry. They'll share war stories, weird facts, and little-known approaches to working with robots (with a special focus on autonomous vehicles).
About the hosts:
Stefan Seltz-Axmacher is the CEO of Polymath Robotics, and is best known as the founder of Starsky Robotics, an early autonomous trucking pioneer. Ilia Baranov, CTO, was employee # 10 at Clearpath Robotics, has led teams at Amazon's home robot division, and owned the ROS repo after Willow Garage shut down.