# Eaches picking with Brightpick mobile manipulators at Brightpick

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2023-11-09
- Length: 1h 28m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-11-09-eaches-picking-with-brightpick-mobile-manipulators-at-brightpick
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/eaches-picking-with-brightpick-mobile-manipulators-at-brightpick

## Summary

Jan Zizka, CEO of Brightpick (a spinoff of Photoneo), explains how their mobile manipulator solves eaches picking in warehouses by pulling totes from shelves, using 3D vision to pick items, and returning the tote immediately, a workflow he calls 'Robot to Goods' (RTG). Joyce Sidopoulis and Marita McGinn from MassRobotics discuss their new equity-free accelerator program, which provides $100,000 to 10 startups to help technical founders bridge the gap between engineering and business scaling. The episode also covers recent robotics funding trends, including a $1 billion round for Stack AV, and Boston Dynamics' use of Spot for Fukushima decommissioning and generative AI experiments.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-11-09-eaches-picking-with-brightpick-mobile-manipulators-at-brightpick#t=7) Introduction: News Recap and Eugene DeMitri
- [3:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-11-09-eaches-picking-with-brightpick-mobile-manipulators-at-brightpick#t=238) September Robotics Funding and Stack AV
- [6:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-11-09-eaches-picking-with-brightpick-mobile-manipulators-at-brightpick#t=415) Boston Dynamics: Generative AI and Fukushima
- [17:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-11-09-eaches-picking-with-brightpick-mobile-manipulators-at-brightpick#t=1076) MassRobotics Accelerator: Joyce and Marita
- [50:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-11-09-eaches-picking-with-brightpick-mobile-manipulators-at-brightpick#t=3033) Brightpick Mobile Manipulator: Jan Zizka
- [1:24:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2023-11-09-eaches-picking-with-brightpick-mobile-manipulators-at-brightpick#t=5089) Conclusion and Robotics Summit Promo

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Fundraising & investors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fundraising)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, founders before launch

## Mentioned

- Brightpick (product)
- Photoneo (company)
- Boston Dynamics (company)
- Spot (product)
- Stack AV (company)
- MassRobotics (company)
- MassRobotics Accelerator (product)
- Handle (product)
- Stretch (product)
- DHL (company)

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