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Unlocking the Power of Time Series Databases for Industrial and Robotic Systems

The Robot Report Podcast · 24 Jul 2026 · 1h 06m

What this episode covers

Doug Pagnutti, Developer Advocate at Tiger Data, explains how TimescaleDB, a PostgreSQL extension for time series data, helps robotics developers manage high-volume telemetry, spatial, and multimodal data. He details strategies for edge-to-cloud data synchronization, the use of continuous aggregates and compression to handle fleet-scale data, and integrating with industrial tools like Ignition and MQTT. The conversation also covers the emerging need for hybrid search stacks to combine temporal data with vector embeddings for AI-driven maintenance and fleet optimization.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Tiger Data, Unitree, Samsung, Humanoid, Vicarious Surgical, Johnson and Johnson, Amazon
Products
TimescaleDB
Tools
PostgreSQL, Ignition, MQTT, PyTorch, TensorFlow, PostGIS, ROS

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