# Recap: Promat and GTC 2025 show highlights

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2025-03-21
- Length: 1h 05m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-03-21-recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-03-21-recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights#t=0) Introduction and ProMat Overview
- [5:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-03-21-recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights#t=310) ProMat Takeaways: Truck Unloading and Humanoids
- [17:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-03-21-recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights#t=1076) Locust Robotics Array and Vertical Storage Trends
- [26:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-03-21-recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights#t=1578) Interoperability and ProMat Safety Incidents
- [40:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-03-21-recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights#t=2420) GTC 2025: NVIDIA Keynote and AI Infrastructure
- [46:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-03-21-recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights#t=2764) Humanoid Demos: 1X, Agility, and Boston Dynamics
- [1:02:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-03-21-recap-promat-and-gtc-2025-show-highlights#t=3736) Closing Remarks and Upcoming Events

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Agility Robotics (company)
- Digit (product)
- Locust Robotics (company)
- Array (product)
- Boston Dynamics (company)
- Stretch (product)
- Lab 0 (company)
- Pickle Robots (company)
- NVIDIA (company)
- Groot N1 (product)
- 1X (company)
- Unitree (company)
- Nira (company)
- AutoStore (company)
- Berkshire Gray (company)
- Taradine (company)
- MC 600 (product)
- Six River Systems (company)
- Okado (company)

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