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Automated with Brian Heater

Get a direct line to the biggest names and brightest minds in robotics, Physical AI, and automation. Automated with Brian Heater brings you long-form conversations and unfiltered insights into how we got here, where we’re going, and what’s behind the technologies that are shaping how we live and work.

Episodes

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Rodney Brooks on Physical AI, Robot Safety and Real-World Deployment

28 Oct 2026
48m
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Dr. Jan Zizka on Brightpick and the Future of Warehouse Automation

21 Oct 2026
53m
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Jagdeep Singh: Teaching Robots From Internet Video at Rhoda AI

14 Oct 2026
59m
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Andie Zhang on Why Industrial Robots Still Beat Humanoids

07 Oct 2026
1h 1m
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Karen Panetta on Digital Twins, Inclusive AI and Engineering for Impact

30 Sep 2026
46m
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Dr. Ahmad Bahai on the Semiconductor Race Behind AI and Robotics

23 Sep 2026
50m
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Tony Zhao on Why Home Robots Could Unlock General Intelligence

18 Sep 2026
54m
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Carolina Parada on Gemini Robotics, Robot Data and Physical AGI

17 Sep 2026
51m
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General-purpose robotics requires a unified AI layer capable of translating pixels into motor control, moving beyond traditional hard-coded systems. Carolina Parada, VP of Robotics at Google DeepMind, emphasizes that achieving human-level performance involves "embodied reasoning," where models orchestrate complex, mult...

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Clara Vu on Why General-Purpose Robots Are So Hard to Ship

16 Sep 2026
46m
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Dhruv Batra on What AI Still Cannot Do in the Physical World

15 Sep 2026
58m
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Amanda Prorok on Robot Teams, Physical AI, and Trust

14 Sep 2026
41m
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This is Automated

11 Sep 2026
1m
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Jan Liphardt on Building the AI Brain for Humanoid Robots

09 Sep 2026
53m
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Rajat Bhageria on Why Chef Robotics Walked Away From Restaurants

02 Sep 2026
52m
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Kate Darling on Why Humans Bond With Robots

26 Aug 2026
57m
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Nic Radford on Humanoid Robots Beyond the Backflip

19 Aug 2026
46m
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Kathryn Zealand and Jessica Bath on Wearable Robotics, Parkinson’s, and the Future of Mobility

12 Aug 2026
1h 22m
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Andrei Danescu on Why the Market Does Not Want More Robots

05 Aug 2026
46m
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Ali Agha on Robot Hallucinations, Physics, and Real-World AI

29 Jul 2026
42m
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Samantha Johnson on the Robot Giving DeafBlind People a New Way to Connect

22 Jul 2026
40m
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