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Kinisi Robotics on the potential of wheeled humanoids

The Robot Report Podcast · 20 Sept 2024 · 49m

What this episode covers

Bren Pierce, CEO and founder of Kinisi Robotics and former co-founder of Bear Robotics, discusses his new venture building a wheeled humanoid robot platform for warehousing and service applications. Pierce explains why he chose a wheeled base over legs to reduce cost and complexity, allowing Kinisi to focus on mobile manipulation rather than locomotion. He details his strategy of using off-the-shelf components and leveraging large language models for task logic, while cautioning against the premature pursuit of general-purpose humanoid robots by startups.

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founders before launch

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Companies
Kinisi Robotics, Bear Robotics, Pudu Robotics, Inbolt, Mach 9 Robotics, Skydio, Siemens, Pterodactyl Robotics, Universal Robots, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Tesla, Dyson, Magic Leap
Products
Intel RealSense, TurtleBot, PR2
Tools
MoveIt, ROS

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