{"podcast":{"title":"The Robot Report Podcast","slug":"the-robot-report-podcast-1257081","podcast_index_feed_id":1257081,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:830627836/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.therobotreport.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-H8iLvCjhV1XNZIzZ-yPLsvA-original.jpg","author":"The Robot Report Podcast","episode_count":259,"summary":"Join Steve Crowe and Mike Oitzman each week for d…","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T22:18:12.107435+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast-1257081"},"episode":{"title":"Robotics in Review: Editors look back at 2025","slug":"robotics-in-review-editors-look-back-at-2025","published_at":"2025-12-23T16:15:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast-1257081/robotics-in-review-editors-look-back-at-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast-1257081","url":"https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/robotics-in-review-editors-look-back-at-2025","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2235249428-robot-report-podcast-robotics-in-review-editors-look-back-at-2025.mp3","summary":"Join host Steve Crowe and The Robot Report editorial team (Gene Demaitre, Mike Oitzman, and Brianna Wessling) for the annual end-of-year wrap-up. The team breaks down the most significant stories, trends, and market shifts that defined the robotics industry in 2025 and looks ahead to 2026. Key Topics Discussed: - Business Shake-ups: An analysis of iRobot entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ABB selling its mobile robot division to SoftBank. - The Year of the Humanoid: A look at the $3.5B+ invested in humanoid companies and the rise of physical AI. - Autonomous Systems: Updates on Waymo’s scaling challenges, Amazon’s 1M deployed robots, and the impact of autonomous systems in the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts. - Industry Trends: The spin-out of Intel RealSense, the return of a national robotics strategy, and new approaches to home robotics (1X, Sunday, Weave). Featured Guest Vignettes: - John Santagate: On tote-to-man methodologies and multi-agent orchestration. - Chris Matthieu (RealSense): On open-source brains for physical AI and the emergence of robot sports. - Evan Helda (Nebius): On data pipelines, real-world data collection, and world models for training.","meta_description":"Join host Steve Crowe and The Robot Report editorial team (Gene Demaitre, Mike Oitzman, and Brianna Wessling) for the annual end-of-year wrap-up. The team…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5384,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-robot-report-podcast-1257081/episodes/robotics-in-review-editors-look-back-at-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast-1257081/robotics-in-review-editors-look-back-at-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}