# Sustainability in the Robotics-as-a-Service Industry

- Show: [Over the Air](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air)
- Published: 2021-10-26
- Length: 36m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-26-sustainability-in-the-robotics-as-a-service-industry
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/over-the-air/episodes/Sustainability-in-the-Robotics-as-a-Service-Industry-e2l43r7

## Summary

Stefan Nusser, Chief Product Officer at Fetch Robotics, discusses the company's recent acquisition by Zebra Technologies and how the Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model drives sustainability in B2B robotics. He explains that Fetch’s autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are designed for modularity and reuse, contrasting this with the disposable nature of many consumer electronics. Nusser highlights the importance of finding product-market fit through early pilot customers and the future potential of orchestrating workflows between human workers and collaborative robots.

## Chapters

- [1:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-26-sustainability-in-the-robotics-as-a-service-industry#t=60) Fetch Robotics Acquisition by Zebra Technologies
- [4:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-26-sustainability-in-the-robotics-as-a-service-industry#t=290) Fetch Product Line and Collaborative Robots
- [10:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-26-sustainability-in-the-robotics-as-a-service-industry#t=642) Finding Product-Market Fit in B2B
- [17:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-26-sustainability-in-the-robotics-as-a-service-industry#t=1046) Modularity and the RaaS Sustainability Model
- [24:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-26-sustainability-in-the-robotics-as-a-service-industry#t=1480) Future of Consumer Electronics and Sustainability
- [29:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2021-10-26-sustainability-in-the-robotics-as-a-service-industry#t=1751) Robot Versatility and Human-Robot Orchestration

## Topics

- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Fetch Robotics (company)
- Zebra Technologies (company)
- Willow Garage (company)
- SICK (company)
- SICK TDC (product)
- Sonos (product)
- MacBook (product)
- RCA (company)
- Samsung (company)

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- [Inside Locus Robotics’ acquisition of Waypoint Robotics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2021-09-20-inside-locus-robotics-acquisition-of-waypoint-robotics) (The Robot Report Podcast)
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