Opus 5 – One shot

In Episode 253 of The Robot Report Podcast, Deise Yumi Asami shares how her AI-enabled robotics startup, Maximo, is making solar panel installation faster, safer, and more efficient. She talks about how robotics, AI vision, and smart field deployment are helping reshape the future of renewable energy infrastructure. Yumi Asami also shares her experiences with…

Posted Jun 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM UTC LG’s new robovac has a camouflaged dock that looks like an Ikea side table. It may never come to the US, but LG announced its new HomeBot AI Objet Collection Roni robot vacuum in South Korea today. Its charging/cleaning dock can be hidden in kitchen cabinetry (requiring…

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Claire chatted to Allison Okamura from Stanford University about developing advanced robotic systems for haptic (touch) interaction. Allison Okamura is the Richard W. Weiland Professor of Engineering at Stanford University. Her academic interests include haptics, teleoperation, virtual reality, medical robotics, soft robotics, rehabilitation, and education. Allison is Director of Graduate Studies for Mechanical Engineering at…

Think, know, understand, remember. These are everyday words people use to describe what goes on in the human mind. But when those same terms are applied to artificial intelligence, they can unintentionally make machines seem more human than they really are. “We use mental verbs all the time in our daily lives, so it makes…

Nvidia’s latest Japanese collaboration may not change earnings forecasts overnight, but it offers a glimpse of where the chipmaker expects artificial intelligence to travel next. Fujitsu is bringing together FANUC, Yaskawa Electric and Kawasaki Heavy Industries to explore a physical-AI control platform using Nvidia technology, with applications across factories, logistics networks and hospitals. For investors,…