RoboPapers Podcast Hits 100 Episodes, Adds Ruijie He as Co-host
RoboPapers, a paper-discussion podcast on embodied intelligence and robotics, reached its 100th episode on September 2. Hosted by Chris Paxton, Michael Cho, and Jiafei Duan, the milestone episode announced that Ruijie He has officially joined as a new co-host.
Confirmed
- The podcast has recorded more than 100 discussions, featuring top robotics researchers from around the world (a repost claims 158 guests from 9 countries).
- The 100th-episode special recapped the core embodied intelligence topics covered by the show, including scaling in robot learning, whole-body control for humanoid robots, tactile sensors, sim-to-real, and more, along with a rundown of the most-watched episodes and the most frequently featured robots.
- The team also launched a companion site, robopapers100.c…, compiling roughly two years of episode data (a repost says March 2025–2026) and a review of embodied AI trends.
Why it matters
RoboPapers is a flagship discussion show that continuously tracks frontier papers in the embodied intelligence community. Its 100-episode retrospective offers a consolidated view of how research hotspots in the field have evolved, making it a useful reference for researchers and practitioners following advances in robot learning and humanoid robotics.
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