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Recap: Promat and GTC 2025 show highlights

The Robot Report Podcast · 21 Mar 2025 · 1h 05m

What this episode covers

Host Steve Crowe and editors Eugene and Mike recap their experiences at ProMat and NVIDIA GTC 2025, highlighting the shift toward handling chaotic real-world environments in logistics automation. They discuss specific product demonstrations from Agility Robotics, Locust Robotics, and Boston Dynamics, while also covering NVIDIA's announcements on AI simulation and humanoid robotics at GTC.

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companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Agility Robotics, Locust Robotics, Boston Dynamics, Lab 0, Pickle Robots, NVIDIA, 1X, Unitree, Nira, AutoStore, Berkshire Gray, Taradine, Six River Systems, Okado
Products
Digit, Array, Stretch, Groot N1, MC 600

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