In Episode 230 of The Robotic Report Podcast, hosts Mike Oitzman and Eugene Demaitre recap the main robotics information of the week and communicate with two robotics specialists.
Mario Mauerer, world robotics enterprise supervisor at Maxon.
Our first visitor this week is Mario Mauerer. He studied electrical engineering at ETH Zürich, finishing a Ph.D. in energy electronics.
In 2018, Mauerer joined ANYbotics in 2018, the place he helped scale the corporate’s quadruped inspection robotic fleet, in addition to the enterprise itself from 20 to greater than 120 workers.
In 2024, Maurer left his position as chief know-how officer of {hardware} to hitch maxon motor, the place he now works as world enterprise improvement supervisor for robotics with the purpose of bringing superior drive techniques to fashionable robotics functions.
David Koelle, principal software program engineer and director of engineering, Charles River Analytics.
Our featured interview this week is with David Koelle. He’s director of engineering for the Human-Centered AI division and principal software program engineer at Charles River Analytics, the place he develops multi-robot collaborative autonomy techniques for purchasers together with DARPA, NASA, and the U.S. Air Power.
Koelle and his Charles River staff are constructing autonomous platforms that allow robotic groups to work collectively to finish targets.
The purpose is to develop clever swarm techniques that may make selections on the sting in excessive environments reminiscent of mines, outer area, or battlefields, the place they might be reduce off from conventional communications with operators.
Present timeline
- 8:12 – Information of the week
- 16:09 – Interview with maxon’s Mario Maurer
- 34:34 – Interview with Charles River Analytics’ David Koelle
Information of the week
Waymo is coming to Boston and Sacramento
Waymo, which this week raised $16 billion, bringing its whole valuation to $126 billion, additionally introduced plans to convey its robotaxis to 2 extra cities. The firm had beforehand mapped Boston with out specifying when it will supply service within the presently snowy Northeast.
Humanoid developer LimX closes $200M Sequence B spherical
Humanoid robotics firms are persevering with to get capital to convey their techniques to market. LimX Dynamics this week accomplished a $200 million financing spherical. The corporate mentioned it plans to make use of its newest funding to additional speed up analysis and improvement and market growth.
LimX is integrating high-level cognitive planning with whole-body movement management in limbed robots. The corporate claimed that its TRON 2 and LimX COSA techniques have attracted consideration throughout the business in latest months.
The corporate shall be bringing its humanoid to the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston. Humanoids have been additionally a subject of latest proposed laws, in addition to The Robotic Report‘s “State of the Robotics Business 2026” report.
