# Reaching New Heights: The Giraffe Robot's impact on warehouse efficiency

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2025-07-18
- Length: 1h 31m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-07-18-reaching-new-heights-the-giraffe-robots-impact-on-warehouse-efficiency
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/reaching-new-heights-the-giraffe-robots-impact-on-warehouse-efficiency

## Summary

Charlie Kemp, CTO and co-founder of Hello Robot, and Jan Zizka, CEO and co-founder of Brightpick, discuss the evolution of warehouse robotics. Kemp details Hello Robot's Stretch 3, a mobile manipulator designed for accessibility and open-source community development, while Zizka explains Brightpick's new Giraffe robot, a two-stage telescopic system that doubles warehouse density without increasing footprint. The conversation covers technical challenges in stability and parallel movement, the shift to a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model, and the integration of physical AI to match or exceed human picking speeds.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-07-18-reaching-new-heights-the-giraffe-robots-impact-on-warehouse-efficiency#t=0) Introduction: Novanta Sponsor Read and Show Housekeeping
- [1:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-07-18-reaching-new-heights-the-giraffe-robots-impact-on-warehouse-efficiency#t=67) News: Humanoid Battery Swapping and RealSense Spin-out
- [8:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-07-18-reaching-new-heights-the-giraffe-robots-impact-on-warehouse-efficiency#t=493) News: Robotaxi Race and Industrial Robotics Market Contraction
- [22:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-07-18-reaching-new-heights-the-giraffe-robots-impact-on-warehouse-efficiency#t=1352) Hello Robot: Charlie Kemp on Stretch 3 and Assistive Robotics
- [44:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-07-18-reaching-new-heights-the-giraffe-robots-impact-on-warehouse-efficiency#t=2671) Brightpick: Jan Zizka on the Giraffe Robot and Auto Picker 2.0
- [1:12:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-07-18-reaching-new-heights-the-giraffe-robots-impact-on-warehouse-efficiency#t=4367) Brightpick: Physical AI, RaaS Business Model, and Future Roadmap

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Hello Robot (company)
- Brightpick (company)
- Stretch 3 (product)
- Giraffe (product)
- Auto Picker 2.0 (product)
- RealSense (company)
- Intel (company)
- Neuro (company)
- Lucid (company)
- Waymo (company)
- Tesla (company)
- Novanta (company)
- UBTech (company)
- Figure (company)
- Agility Robotics (company)
- Geek+ Robotics (company)
- Right Hand Robotics (company)
- Locust Robotics (company)

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