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The Robotics Stack · October 4 · 44 min

Inside Asimov: Building an Open-Source Humanoid Robot | Matthew Moore

Asimov is an Open Source Humanoid Robot and today we have the CPO of the company behind it on the podcast. His name is Matthew Moore and he shares unique insights from Menlo Research. You learn what it really takes to build a robot from scratch, what you can do with Asimov and what the future holds for open robotics. #humanoid #robot #asimov 0:00 Podcast Overview 0:38 Why we need Open Robotics 1:28 Matthew's Journey 5:16 Cooking Robots 6:35 Arriving at Menlo Research 7:34 Asimov Development 10:13 Team Building & Supply Chain 11:40 Actuators 12:50 Asimov 1 14:40 Actuator Simulation 16:35 Component Sourcing 18:58 International Operation 21:22 Compute & Model Training 23:49 Software & Team Ressources 25:10 Design 25:56 Business & Data Center 28:06 Customers & Applications 31:06 Data Collection & Market Reality 33:22 Hands & Grippers 35:28 Product Ambitions 36:12 Asimov 2 37:32 Pre-Assembled Version 38:18 Future of Robotics 40:24 Industry Observations 42:02 Hiring & Partnerships 42:52 Scaling Production 43:35 Outro Guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewpaulmoore Léo https://x.com/LeoKharon Oskar https://x.com/hundreddaysx Podcast https://x.com/roboticsstack

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Asimov is an Open Source Humanoid Robot and today we have the CPO of the company behind it on the podcast. His name is Matthew Moore and he shares unique insights from Menlo Research. You learn what it really takes to build a robot from scratch, what you can do with Asimov and what the future holds for open robotics. #humanoid #robot #asimov

0:00 Podcast Overview
0:38 Why we need Open Robotics
1:28 Matthew's Journey
5:16 Cooking Robots
6:35 Arriving at Menlo Research
7:34 Asimov Development
10:13 Team Building & Supply Chain
11:40 Actuators
12:50 Asimov 1
14:40 Actuator Simulation
16:35 Component Sourcing
18:58 International Operation
21:22 Compute & Model Training
23:49 Software & Team Ressources
25:10 Design
25:56 Business & Data Center
28:06 Customers & Applications
31:06 Data Collection & Market Reality
33:22 Hands & Grippers
35:28 Product Ambitions
36:12 Asimov 2
37:32 Pre-Assembled Version
38:18 Future of Robotics
40:24 Industry Observations
42:02 Hiring & Partnerships
42:52 Scaling Production
43:35 Outro

Guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewpaulmoore
Léo https://x.com/LeoKharon
Oskar https://x.com/hundreddaysx
Podcast https://x.com/roboticsstack

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