Soft Robotics Podcast

NEURA Robotics Unveils 3rd Gen 4NE1 at Automatica 2025 – Exclusive Interview!

3rd Generation 4NE1 Revealed! Exclusive Interview at Automatica 2025

UFOs, Angels & the Paranormal: The Hidden Symphony of the Unknown

The UAP Quest: Kevin Knuth on the Frontiers of UAP Research

This Drive Eliminates Backlash — Could the Archimedes Drive Be Game-Changing for Robotics?

Will Robot-Assembled Burgers Change the Fast Food Industry?

How Does the Orbit Actuator Solve the Ball-and-Socket Challenge in Robotics?

The Orbit Actuator

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The Shadow Knows: "Who Knows What Secrets Lurk in the Core of the Bots?"

In this episode, the hosts discuss Unitree's new humanoid robot, focusing on the specifications revealed in a teaser, including its 26 degrees of freedom. They analyze the robot's design, comparing it to previous models and competitors, and speculate on the reasons behind design choices like the anhedral angle in the h...

Zhenan Bao on Self-Healing Materials, Soft Robotics, Bell Labs, and the Schön Scandal

How Neura Robotics Is Rethinking Humanoid Bot Design | Full Interview with David Reger

In this interview, David Reger, CTO of Neura Robotics, discusses the company's evolution from traditional robotics to cognitive humanoids. He emphasizes Neura's focus on creating robots with the ability to perceive and react to their environment autonomously, highlighting the challenges and innovations in building safe...

The Articulated Toe: Why Humanoid Robots Need It?

This podcast episode centers on the Tesla bot, particularly its walking and dancing capabilities, with a focus on recent videos showcasing its advancements. The discussion covers the bot's articulated toe sections, the challenges in actuator modeling, and the shift towards reinforcement learning (RL) for training. They...

The Quaternion Drive

ETs, Government Secrets, and Hidden Agreements | Danny Sheehan

Singularity in Robotics: What It Is and How to Design Around It

The Great Rotary vs. Linear Debate: Who Will Win?

This episode explores the critical components driving the humanoid robot revolution, specifically focusing on the debate between rotary and linear actuators. Against the backdrop of a Fast Company article incorrectly stating that many humanoid robots utilize planetary roller screws, the discussion delves into the techn...

Cold Shoulder: Why Novel Shoulder Designs Are Being Ignored?

This episode explores the surprising homogeneity in humanoid robot shoulder designs, despite the diverse design space available. Against the backdrop of a review of hip designs, where a consensus on the FAR (Flexion-Abduction-Rotation) configuration exists, the discussion pivots to the shoulder, revealing an almost uni...

What’s Up with 4NE-1’s Knees? How Neura Robotics Is Rethinking Humanoid Bot Design

Walk This Way: How Humanoid Gait Can Be Designed to Walk More Like Humans

This episode explores the gait analysis of humanoid robots, comparing their walking styles to human locomotion. Against the backdrop of recent advancements in reinforcement learning for robot walking, the discussion analyzes videos from Figure and Tesla, highlighting improvements in stride length and speed. More signif...