# RoboBusiness 2025 Recap

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2025-10-21
- Length: 1h 02m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/robobusiness-2025-recap

## Summary

Steve Crow and Mike Oitzman recap the 2025 RoboBusiness event in Santa Clara, highlighting the dominance of humanoid robots and the expansion of autonomous vehicles like Waymo. They feature interviews with ten startups from the Pitchfire competition, including Cerulion, which won the pitch, and discuss innovations in robotics middleware, sensors, and logistics. The hosts also preview the upcoming Robotics Summit in Boston, featuring keynotes from Toyota Research Institute and General Motors.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap#t=0) Introduction and RoboBusiness Recap
- [10:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap#t=649) News: Unitree H2 Humanoid and Waymo Expansion
- [21:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap#t=1288) Startup Interviews: Roworks AI and Forge AI
- [30:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap#t=1832) Startup Interviews: Motogo and 4D1
- [38:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap#t=2302) Startup Interviews: Rotate8 and Morelle
- [44:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap#t=2650) Startup Interviews: Cerulion and NuPort
- [52:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap#t=3140) Startup Interviews: R2 Labs and Sensible Robotics
- [58:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-21-robobusiness-2025-recap#t=3522) Conclusion and Robotics Summit Preview

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Waymo (company)
- Unitree (company)
- Unitree H2 (product)
- Cerulean (company)
- Forge AI (company)
- Roworks (company)
- Motogo (company)
- 4D1 (company)
- Rotate8 (company)
- Morelle (company)
- NuPort (company)
- R2 Labs (company)
- Sensible Robotics (company)
- Zebra (company)
- Toyota Research Institute (company)
- Boston Dynamics (company)
- Nvidia (company)
- Isaac Sim (product)

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