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22Astronauts with Ilir Aliu · Technology

22Astronauts

The world was built by people not different from you. We interview founders, operators and engineers, to show you they're just like you. Hosted by Ilir Aliu.

Episodes

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Ep 112 | Why 99% Reliability Means Your Robotics Fleet Fails (w/ Joe Harris, CEO Alloy Robotics)

15 Oct 2026
52m
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Ep 111 | Customers Don't Want Cooking Robots, They Want Assembly (w/ Rajat Bhageria, Chef Robotics)

08 Oct 2026
1h 2m
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Ep 110 | Your Factory Data Is Lying to You (w/ Silviu Homoceanu, CTO Almetra)

24 Sep 2026
59m
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Ep 109 | Inside Almond: The $8,999 Physical AI Robot (w/ Saba Khalilnaji)

16 Sep 2026
49m
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Ep 108 | AI Is Inventing Hardware Humans Can't Design (w/ Prof. Mario Krenn, Feyer)

10 Sep 2026
54m
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Ep 107 | "We Don't Retrain Models, We Teach Them Cause & Effect" (w/ Johannes Haux)

03 Sep 2026
52m
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Ep 106 | "There Is Zero ROI in Home Humanoids" (w/ Nic Radford)

20 Aug 2026
54m
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Ep 105 | Red Tape Cost Us a 5-Year Lead in Humanoid Robotics (w/ Jan Peters)

13 Aug 2026
1h 15m
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Ep 104 | How to Train 99.9% Reliable Robots for $5 (w/ Igor Kulakov)

06 Aug 2026
1h 6m
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Ep 103 | Why Robotics Hasn't Had Its ChatGPT Moment Yet (w/ Jiafei Duan)

30 Jul 2026
55m
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Ep 102 | Why Humanoids Won’t Be in Our Homes Anytime Soon (w/ Majid Khadiv)

23 Jul 2026
1h 11m
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Ep 101 | Investing $19M in Humanoids with Zero Robotics Experience (w/ Andrew Kang, RoboStrategy)

15 Jul 2026
55m
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Ep 101 | Why I Bought a $25k Robot Arm for My New York Apartment (w/ Elliot Horowitz, Viam)

08 Jul 2026
54m
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Ep 100 | You Need To Be 10x Better (w/ Evan Beard)

18 Feb 2026
57m
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Ep 99 | You Can’t Be What You Can’t See (w/ Grace Brown)

12 Feb 2026
52m
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Ep 98 | Discipline Is a Transferable Skill (w/ Camilla Mazzoleni)

04 Feb 2026
1h 1m
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Ep 97 | Why Robotics Keeps Rebuilding the Same Infrastructure (w/ Stephen James)

29 Jan 2026
56m
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Ep 96 | Talent Didn’t Save Me, Consistency Did (w/ Steve Xie)

22 Jan 2026
1h 8m
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Ep 95 | The Hard Part Is Not Training Robots. It Is Making Them Generalize (w/ Animesh Garg)

14 Jan 2026
59m
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Robotics and AI researcher Animesh Garg explores the intersection of personal growth, career navigation, and the future of autonomous systems. Rejecting rigid five-year plans, he emphasizes the value of grit, curiosity, and chasing capability over traditional career paths. His journey from an engineering student in Ind...

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Ep 94 | Sometimes What Made Us Strong Is Now Holding Us Back (w/ Marco Huber)

08 Jan 2026
54m
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