On Episode 7 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia generate robot ideas for humanoid robots in stadiums. Then ,they discuss the Intrinsic's acquisition of Open Source Robotics Corporation, and what it might mean for the robotics industry as a whole. Episode outline: 1:25 - "Automate It" game  12:54 - Wait ... did Google just buy ROS?  13:50 - Hasn't this happened before? 15:20 - Is ROS really that important? 20:00 - How Intrinsic fits in 27:55 - What if ROS gets shut down? 33:30 - Predicting what's next for Intrinsic ..read more

On episode 4 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia invent a robot that helps ... uh ... lift you over obstacles. Then, they discuss a hypothetical "autonomous oil field" to explain common problems that can kill autonomy projects before they even get off the ground ..read more

On the 2nd episode of Automate It, Polymath Robotics co-founders Stefan and Ilia come up with a genius business model for walking robots doing home delivery. Then, it's Ilia's turn to share robot stories from his time at Clearpath Robotics and Amazon's Home Robot division ..read more

We're back! After a 6 week hiatus (unintentional, we promise) "Automate It" is back with a bang. On Ep 35, Stefan and Ilia play the robot invention game and come up with a spider robot that keeps you cool in the summer. Then, they dig into whether the tech industry is over "autonomy" in general, and what autonomy even means anymore ..read more

On Episode 33 of Automate It, Stefan and Ilia try to play the robot game, but mostly just end up talking about trains. Then, they're talking approaches to GPS-denied localization. In other words, how does the robot figure out where it is without GPS ..read more

On Ep 32 of Automate It, the robot game creates a humanoid robot for film sets. Then, the main topic of the day -- in robotics, is it possible to have sensor overkill? Stefan & Ilia break down why MORE is not always a good thing. Got a topic you want to hear about? Shoot us a note at hello@polymathrobotics.com Episode notes: The Spiderman stunt video that Ilia references is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyXl3IhonRM ..read more

In the 31st episode of Automate It - we bought a robot! Stefan and Ilia play with the Astro robot at Polymath HQ, and discuss how it represents both the good and the bad of robotics today ..read more

In the 30th episode of Automate It, the robot invention game generates a Terminator robot to deal with Australia's rabbit problem. Then, it's the main topic of the day: Stefan and Ilia unpack why robot sensor data is a lot less valuable than you might think. Enjoy the podcast? Leave a review to help other robot fans find us! Visit us online at polymathrobotics.com ..read more

It's been a few weeks -- Stefan had a baby! But we're back online. In Episode 29 of Automate It, the robot invention game generates a robotic arm that feeds you sandwiches while you drive. Then, Stefan & Ilia break down the release of our Autonomous Navigation Modules, and the internal battle over whether we should call them products or not. Read our big announcement on the Polymath blog: https://www.polymathrobotics.com/blog/introducing-autonomous-navigation-modules ..read more

On Episode 27 of Automate It, Stefan & Ilia's robot invention game creates a humanoid robot that applies your sunscreen. Then, the main topic of the day (starts around 12:44): why can't you buy software once, and never update it again? Why doesn't software just work forever ..read more