Preview: Interview with Robotics Pioneer James Kuffner
MarwaEldiwiny · x · 2026-08-01
The Soft Robotics Podcast announced an upcoming deep-dive interview with robotics pioneer James Kuffner. Co-inventor of the RRT motion-planning algorithm and the man who coined "Cloud Robotics," Kuffner previously led Google Robotics, served as CEO of Toyota's TRI-AD, and headed Woven Planet. He is currently the CTO of Symbotic, deploying autonomous robots at scale for major clients like Walmart.
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