Symbotic CTO James Kuffner on Warehouse Robots, Humanoids & Real-World Deployment
MarwaEldiwiny · x · 2026-09-07
A 62-minute Soft Robotics Podcast episode with James Kuffner, CTO of Symbotic and former Google robotics lead and Toyota executive.
The conversation covers warehouse robotics, humanoids, and AI, centering on what it takes to move robots from impressive demos to real-world deployment at scale. Kuffner draws on his experience across Google, Toyota, and Symbotic to discuss the challenges of building systems that actually work in production.
Available on Spotify and YouTube; worth a listen for anyone tracking how robotics gets industrialized.
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